Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing · Minnesota

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.

Willmar, MN · ~67 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. runs at 338% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.: 11.2 TCR = 338% of Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. safety composite

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.: 9.9 → 14.5 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 14.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2019

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.'s TCR rose 4.7 from 9.9 in 2017 to 14.5 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Willmar, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.2 · 338% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #11/15
  • PHOTO Titan West Inc.
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~67 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Titan West Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. averages 11.2 TCR (338% of the Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. TCR series: 2017=9.9 · 2018=9 · 2019=14.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. falls in its industry

433 Sprayers and dusters, farm-typ establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 15 Sprayers and dusters, farm-typ employers in Minnesota.

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. (67 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Buhler Versatile USA, Inc.
Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. (67 employees, TCR 11.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Buhler Versatile USA, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2019 14.5 8.3 5 2 0
2018 9.0 4.5 4 2 0
2017 9.9 5.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · MN · Willmar

433 Sprayers and dusters, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 154 employers in Willmar, 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 Titan West Inc. 11.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meridian manufacturing 10.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR McLaughlin Body Company - Rock Island 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minden Machine Shop, Inc 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE MOORHEAD PUBLIC SERVICE 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 505 Nicollet MNN3 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE SMA, LLC 67 FTE
STATE-SIZE 102809 - Moosejaw 67 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Avenue Plant 1,205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Willmar Ave Plant 1,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carris Health Rice Hospital 848 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Rice Memorial Hospital 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Pediatric Dentistry & Family Orthodontics 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Anthem Aurora Management, LLC 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co. Portland Office 11.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Amana Farms, Inc. 11.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kind 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE L'Arche Erie PA 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE C. Cowles & Company 67 FTE
NAT-SIZE QSA Global, Burlington, MA 67 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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