Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers · Minnesota

Brainerd Mn

Brainerd, MN · ~31 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brainerd Mn runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Brainerd Mn: 5.3 TCR = 240% of Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brainerd Mn safety composite

Brainerd Mn scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

Brainerd Mn injury rate improved

Brainerd Mn's TCR fell 2.0 from 7.9 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=16.9 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424490 · Brainerd, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind

  • DART 5.9 DART
  • RANK #15/29
  • PHOTO C453 Greenville
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C453 Greenville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brainerd Mn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brainerd Mn averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Brainerd Mn TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.7 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=3 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=16.9 · 2023=2.8 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Brainerd Mn falls in its industry

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Prod establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 29 Other Grocery and Related Prod employers in Minnesota.

Brainerd Mn (31 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Brainerd Mn
Brainerd Mn (31 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Brainerd Mn has fewer employees than the Other Grocery and Related Products Merch median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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
2024 5.9 5.9 2 0 0
2023 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2022 16.9 14.0 6 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2019 5.7 2.8 2 0 0
2018 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.9 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424490 · MN · Brainerd

1,278 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Brainerd, 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 C453 Greenville 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Premium Waters Inc. Douglas GA 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 15014 Waco, TX 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR C075 Youngstown 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE High Island Dairy 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Protein Sources, LLP 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Dog Gen Plant-UC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Power Plant 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Josephs Medical Center 1,012 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crow Wing County 522 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madden's on Gull Lake 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Central Lakes Colloege - Brainerd and Staples Campuses 258 FTE
NAT-TCR Beloit 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Presbyterian Hospital 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 1927 Fre46 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Heritage Greens 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Branch Mi 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mansfield Branch 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE D31 Allentown 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tulsa Branch 31 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.