Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

C & B Operations Pipestone

Name: C & B Operations Pipestone Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Pipestone, MN · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

C & B Operations Pipestone runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

C & B Operations Pipestone: 1.4 TCR = 62% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

C & B Operations Pipestone safety composite

C & B Operations Pipestone scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.7

2023→2024

C & B Operations Pipestone injury rate improved

C & B Operations Pipestone's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.7 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Pipestone, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.4 · 62% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/40
PHOTO Modern Ag Distributi…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Modern Ag Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.4
Modern Ag Dist

1.4
Carnesville GA

1.4
Tifton Dealers

1.4
Annex

1.3

What this shows C & B Operations Pipestone averages 1.4 TCR (62% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

C & B Operations Pipestone TCR series: 2023=2.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where C & B Operations Pipestone falls in its industry

700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade B

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 40 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in Minnesota.

C & B Operations Pipestone (30 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

C & B Operations Pipestone has fewer employees than the Agricultural machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	2.7	2.7	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · MN · Pipestone

700 Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 41 employers in Pipestone, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Modern Ag Distribution Center	BEAUMONT, TX	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carnesville GA	CARNESVILLE, GA	1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Annex	URBANDALE, IA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Tifton Dealership	TIFTON, GA	1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Nelson Nursery	ZIMMERMAN	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northern Plains Dairy	ST PETER	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Dairy, Westland Dairy	RICHMOND	30 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pipestone Grow Finish	PIPESTONE	30 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JBS Swift Pork Company Pipestone	Pipestone	199 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PCMC	Pipestone	192 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Middle School / High School	Pipestone	133 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PIPESTONE SWIFT PORK COMPANY	Pipestone	127 FTE
NAT-TCR	STR0316	Springfield, TN	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	CA-Big Creek 1 PH	Big Creek, CA	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Techflex, Inc	Sparta, NJ	1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phillips Chevrolet of Lansing, Inc.	Lansing, IL	1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	STR0560	Hartsville, SC	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	STR0543	California, MD	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	STR0319	Lenoir, NC	30 FTE
NAT-SIZE	STR0114	Conway, SC	30 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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