Dry pasta manufacturing · Minnesota

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN

Name: Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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New Hope, MN · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN runs at 234% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dry pasta manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN: 7.7 TCR = 234% of Dry pasta manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN safety composite

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.3 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2017→2018

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN injury rate improved

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN's TCR fell 4.7 from 10.1 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311824 · New Hope, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 234% of ind

DART 4.3 DART
RANK #5/5
PHOTO J&K Ingredients LLC
BOOK 2y book
INJ 27 inj
SIZE ~165 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J&K Ingredients LLC (0.1 TCR gap)

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7.7
J&K Ingredient

7.6
Newly Weds Foo

7.6
Supply Chain C

7.6
Watson LLC

7.6

What this shows Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN averages 7.7 TCR (234% of the Dry pasta manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN falls in its industry

170 Dry pasta manufacturing establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Dry pasta manufacturing employers in Minnesota.

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN (165 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN has more employees than the Dry pasta manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2018	5.4	4.3	10	0	0
2017	10.1	7.1	17	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311824 · MN · New Hope

170 Dry pasta manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 95 employers in New Hope, 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	J&K Ingredients LLC	PATERSON, NJ	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Newly Weds Foods Inc	PENDLETON, OR	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Supply Chain Center- Pressed Products Plant	WOODRIDGE, IL	7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Watson LLC	WEST HAVEN, CT	7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Perham, MN (Arvig)	PERHAM	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	APTIM @ Flint Hills - Pine Bend	ROSEMOUNT	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Uhl Company, Inc - Maple Grove	MAPLE GROVE	165 FTE
STATE-SIZE	NEI Electric, Inc	SAINT PAUL	165 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Therese of New Hope	New Hope	391 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Horwitz, Inc	New Hope	340 FTE
CITY-NEAR	New Hope - Main Store	New Hope	276 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North Education Center	New Hope	237 FTE
NAT-TCR	Drought Properties Inc	San Antonio, TX	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lubbock SNF Operations, LP D/B/A The Plaza at Lubbock	Lubbock, TX	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Store #47 (Lincoln, NE (North))	Lincoln, NE	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	115 ABC Supply Co., Inc	Ft. Collins, CO	7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	MaineGeneral Medical Center - 15 Enterprise Drive	Augusta, ME	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Penske : 5802-00 Toyota/Princeton, IN	Princeton, IN	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SYGMA Denver	Denver, CO	165 FTE
NAT-SIZE	HPD Durham	Durham, NC	165 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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