Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets · North Dakota

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory

Hillsboro, ND · ~329 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
4.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets workplace, earning a grade C.

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory: 4.8 TCR = 115% of Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets BLS 4.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory safety composite

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−3.9

2016→2020

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory injury rate improved

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory's TCR fell 3.9 from 6.2 in 2016 to 2.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311313 · Hillsboro, ND ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO American Crystal Sug…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 56 inj
  • SIZE ~329 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: American Crystal Sugar - Hillsboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory averages 4.8 TCR (115% of the Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory TCR series: 2016=6.2 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=2.4 · BLS 4.2

Where American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory falls in its industry

44 Sugar, granulated, made from s establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Sugar, granulated, made from s employers in North Dakota.

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory (329 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 221 employees and a TCR of 5.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory
American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory (329 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 221 employees and a TCR of 5.6

American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro Factory has more employees than the Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2020 2.4 1.3 6 1 0
2019 4.8 4.2 15 0 0
2018 5.9 4.0 17 2 0
2016 6.2 3.1 18 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311313 · ND · Hillsboro

44 Sugar, granulated, made from sugar beets employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 10 employers in Hillsboro, ND · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR American Crystal Sugar - Hillsboro 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Au Gres Piling Ground 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Crystal Sugar Company Hillsboro 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Drayton Factory 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE E. W. Wylie Corporate Office 328 FTE
STATE-SIZE 33030001-330301 MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WILLISTON DBA CHI M 333 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calfrac Well Services CORP Williston ND 334 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,Hillsboro-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Transystems LLC - Hillsboro Project 81 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,HILLSBORO - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR ND,HILLSBORO - Medical Center Campus - Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Waterford Public Schools - Great Neck School 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Corrugated Gear and Services, Inc. 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GARLOCK Printing & Converting West 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tidelands Health Rehabilitation Hospital an Affiliate of Encompass Health 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Distribution Center - W1 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Performance Maryland - 0640 329 FTE
NAT-SIZE Children's Therapy Center / Center for Human Services 329 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.