Dry pasta manufacturing · Minnesota
Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN
New Hope, MN · ~165 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
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.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.7
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 27
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN's OSHA Total Case Rate of 7.7 to the Dry pasta manufacturing BLS benchmark of 3.3 (234% of benchmark) across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN falls in its industry
173 Dry pasta manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
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.
Trend analysis for Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN
Between 2017 and 2018, Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN's Total Case Rate improved from 10.1 to 5.4 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 47% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2018, at a TCR of 5.4, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 10.1, a spread of 4.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN recorded 27 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 27 injuries shown on this page for Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN are sourced from its own 2 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311824 - Dry pasta manufacturing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2018)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
8 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 372,414 hours worked = 4.30 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN (this establishment) | 7.72 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Dry pasta manufacturing industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311824 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 10 reportable incidents · 10 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 17 reportable incidents · 17 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
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 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN's reported OSHA injury record versus its Dry pasta manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 234% of the Dry pasta manufacturing benchmark, Dakota Growers Pasta Co. MN reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Dry pasta manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.