Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing · Minnesota

Brakebush Wells

Wells, MN · ~104 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brakebush Wells runs at 411% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Brakebush Wells: 13.6 TCR = 411% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brakebush Wells safety composite

Brakebush Wells scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−5.3

2017→2023

Brakebush Wells injury rate improved

Brakebush Wells's TCR fell 5.3 from 15.4 in 2017 to 10.1 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=15.4 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=16.9 · 2021=20.4 · 2023=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Wells, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.6 · 411% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #16/16
  • PHOTO Compass Foods, Inc.
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Compass Foods, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Brakebush Wells in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brakebush Wells averages 13.6 TCR (411% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Brakebush Wells TCR series: 2017=15.4 · 2018=9.6 · 2019=8.8 · 2020=16.9 · 2021=20.4 · 2023=10.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Brakebush Wells falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 16 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Minnesota.

Brakebush Wells (104 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Brakebush Wells
Brakebush Wells (104 employees, TCR 13.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Brakebush Wells has fewer employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 10.1 9.2 11 0 0
2021 20.4 18.5 21 1 0
2020 16.9 16.9 15 0 0
2019 8.8 3.9 9 0 0
2018 9.6 9.6 9 0 0
2017 15.4 10.7 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MN · Wells

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 11 employers in Wells, 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 Compass Foods, Inc. 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noel Plant 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turkey Valley Farms 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tecumseh Plant 13.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE White Bear Lake Service Center-PB 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cool Air Mechanical Inc 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dairy Farmers of America 104 FTE
STATE-SIZE Liberty Carton - Brooklyn Park, MN 104 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wells Concrete, Wells 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wells Concrete-Wells 164 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Care Center 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR USC High School 80 FTE
NAT-TCR Canton Regency 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR North America : Seattle 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Stockton #010 13.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Connecticut 13.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbia Embassy Suites 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockwood at Whitworth 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #1161 104 FTE
NAT-SIZE Unit #1206 104 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.