Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) · Minnesota

Central Counties Cooperative

Litchfield, MN · ~88 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Counties Cooperative runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Counties Cooperative: 7.3 TCR = 163% of Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Counties Cooperative safety composite

Central Counties Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

Central Counties Cooperative: 5.3 → 10.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2024

Central Counties Cooperative's TCR rose 5.6 from 5.3 in 2020 to 10.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Litchfield, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 163% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Sun Pacific Farming …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 33 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Maricopa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Counties Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Counties Cooperative averages 7.3 TCR (163% of the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS benchmark).

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

Central Counties Cooperative TCR series: 2020=5.3 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=8 · 2023=8.7 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Counties Cooperative falls in its industry

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. employers in Minnesota.

Central Counties Cooperative (88 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Counties Cooperative
Central Counties Cooperative (88 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Central Counties Cooperative has more employees than the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 10.9 4.4 10 0 0
2023 8.7 4.3 8 0 0
2022 8.0 1.1 7 0 0
2021 3.7 2.4 3 0 0
2020 5.3 2.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · MN · Litchfield

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 48 employers in Litchfield, 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 Sun Pacific Farming | Citrus Farming | Maricopa 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR C & J Waste Handling, LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Columbia Basin Farming 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAS Royal City 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lloyd's Construction Services, Inc. 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Paynesville 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lester Building Systems, LLC LP 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cardinal Corporate 88 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litchfield ISD #465 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litchfield, MN 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bobcat Doosan Litchfield 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4374 214 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Russellville 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 10541 East Lansing 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stark Truss Co., Inc. Covington, Georgia 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Unity Ambulette Corp. 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Warehouse Monroe OH 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oryana West 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mondelez Montgomery NY 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sierra Rental and Transport Company 88 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.