Cereal grain flour manufacturing · North Dakota

Dakota Specialty Milling

Name: Dakota Specialty Milling Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fargo, ND · ~93 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 13.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dakota Specialty Milling runs at 395% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cereal grain flour manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dakota Specialty Milling: 13.0 TCR = 395% of Cereal grain flour manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dakota Specialty Milling safety composite

Dakota Specialty Milling scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 13.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−3.0

2017→2024

Dakota Specialty Milling injury rate improved

Dakota Specialty Milling's TCR fell 3.0 from 8.2 in 2017 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 46.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=46.3 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311211 · Fargo, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.0 · 395% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P1
PHOTO Bloomfield Farms
BOOK 7y book
INJ 48 inj
SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bloomfield Farms (0.7 TCR gap)

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Nutrition Bar

14.3
Bloomfield Far

13.7
This site

13
Atchison KS

10.4
Iowa Corn Proc

10.4

What this shows Dakota Specialty Milling averages 13.0 TCR (395% of the Cereal grain flour manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dakota Specialty Milling TCR series: 2017=8.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2020=12.5 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=46.3 · 2023=8.5 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Dakota Specialty Milling falls in its industry

209 Cereal grain flour manufacturi establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dakota Specialty Milling (93 employees, TCR 13.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Dakota Specialty Milling has more employees than the Cereal grain flour manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024	5.2	0.0	5	0
2023	8.5	3.2	8	0
2022	46.3	33.0	7	0
2021	6.8	2.3	4	2
2020	12.5	2.3	11	0
2018	3.6	3.6	4	0
2017	8.2	3.7	9	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311211 · ND · Fargo

209 Cereal grain flour manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 415 employers in Fargo, ND · 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	Bloomfield Farms	BARDSTOWN, KY	13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nutrition Bar Confectioners	CATO, NY	14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Atchison KS	ATCHISON, KS	10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Iowa Corn Processors	GLIDDEN, IA	10.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Midnite Express Inc.	WEST FARGO	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	184 - Bismarck	BISMARCK	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Vibra Hospital of Fargo, LLC d/b/a Vibra Hospital of Fargo	FARGO	93 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Copper Tip Energy Services	WILLISTON	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,963 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - North Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,722 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,FARGO - Fargo Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,568 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ND,Fargo-Broadway Hospital-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Fargo	2,547 FTE
NAT-TCR	Eataly Century City	Los Angeles, CA	13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elkhart Plastics	Littleton, CO	13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Northern Regional CFA Business Office	Kincheloe, MI	13.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hixson Utility District	Hixson, TN	13.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Kauai Nursery & Landscaping Inc	Lihue, HI	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Portland or Distribution Center	Portland, OR	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ohcel - Celina	Celina, OH	93 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wvwhe - Wheeling	Benwood, WV	93 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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