Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing · Minnesota

Berry Pallets, Inc

Waseca, MN · ~39 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Berry Pallets, Inc runs at 346% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Berry Pallets, Inc: 11.4 TCR = 346% of Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Berry Pallets, Inc safety composite

Berry Pallets, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−0.9

2017→2023

Berry Pallets, Inc injury rate improved

Berry Pallets, Inc's TCR fell 0.9 from 13.2 in 2017 to 12.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 18.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=18.3 · 2020=10.3 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=10.0 · 2023=12.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321920 · Waseca, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 346% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #13/18
  • PHOTO Pal-Serv of Oklahoma…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pal-Serv of Oklahoma City LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Berry Pallets, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Berry Pallets, Inc averages 11.4 TCR (346% of the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Berry Pallets, Inc TCR series: 2017=13.2 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=18.3 · 2020=10.3 · 2021=13.4 · 2022=10 · 2023=12.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Berry Pallets, Inc falls in its industry

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Pallet parts, wood, manufactur employers in Minnesota.

Berry Pallets, Inc (39 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Berry Pallets, Inc
Berry Pallets, Inc (39 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.3

Berry Pallets, Inc has fewer employees than the Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.3. 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
2023 12.3 8.8 7 0 0
2022 10.0 5.7 7 0 0
2021 13.4 5.8 7 0 0
2020 10.3 8.2 5 0 0
2019 18.3 11.4 8 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2017 13.2 6.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321920 · MN · Waseca

952 Pallet parts, wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 40 employers in Waseca, MN · 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 Pal-Serv of Oklahoma City LLC 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buckeye Diamond Logistics - Lakeland 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverview 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avid Pallet Services, LLC 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Detroit Lakes Hatchery 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Your Home Improvement Company - St Cloud 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE AP Shared Services 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal Correctional Institution 833 FTE
CITY-NEAR WASECA MN 238 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cinch Connectivity Solutions 200 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1038 181 FTE
NAT-TCR Boys and Girls Home and Family Services, Inc. 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Westampton 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0234 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Guerdon, LLC 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tomahawk Health Services 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE AutoPak Engineering Corporation 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joe Christensen, Inc. 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cementex Products Inc 39 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.