Rendering plants · Minnesota

Blue Earth MN

Blue Earth, MN · ~102 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blue Earth MN runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Rendering plants workplace, earning a grade D.

Blue Earth MN: 4.4 TCR = 135% of Rendering plants BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blue Earth MN safety composite

Blue Earth MN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−7.7

2018→2021

Blue Earth MN injury rate improved

Blue Earth MN's TCR fell 7.7 from 7.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=7.7 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Blue Earth, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO Keystone Protein
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Keystone Protein (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blue Earth MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blue Earth MN averages 4.4 TCR (135% of the Rendering plants BLS benchmark).

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

Blue Earth MN TCR series: 2018=7.7 · 2019=3 · 2020=7 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Blue Earth MN falls in its industry

151 Rendering plants establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Rendering plants employers in Minnesota.

Blue Earth MN (102 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Blue Earth MN
Blue Earth MN (102 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Blue Earth MN has more employees than the Rendering plants 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.0 4.7 3 0 0
2019 3.0 1.0 3 3 0
2018 7.7 1.9 6 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · MN · Blue Earth

151 Rendering plants employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Blue Earth, 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 Keystone Protein 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Sonac Blood 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Los Angeles 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Highmark Companies 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Minger Construction Co., Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE US121: Minneapolis 337 - SG 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rich Products Motley 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Hospital District 259 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Lukes Main 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kerry Blue Earth 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2892_5597 144 FTE
NAT-TCR .A2.B 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR C. Tucker Cope & Associates 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #619 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Catlin Gabel School 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coherent, Inc. - Salem, NH 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golden Containerboard Packaging 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE The New Life School 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zschimmer & Schwarz - Milledgeville 102 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.