Milk production, dairy cattle · Minnesota

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc.

Plainview, MN · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Milk production, dairy cattle workplace, earning a grade B.

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 68% of Milk production, dairy cattle BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. safety composite

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−2.9

2022→2024

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. injury rate improved

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.9 from 6.1 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Plainview, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 68% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #20/28
  • PHOTO Main farm
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Main farm (0.0 TCR gap)

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Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (68% of the Milk production, dairy cattle BLS benchmark).

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

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. TCR series: 2022=6.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. falls in its industry

530 Milk production, dairy cattle establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 28 Milk production, dairy cattle employers in Minnesota.

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc.
Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

Emerald Spring Dairy, Inc. has fewer employees than the Milk production, dairy cattle median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 3.2 3.2 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 6.1 6.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · MN · Plainview

530 Milk production, dairy cattle employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 10 employers in Plainview, 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 Main farm 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAIRY 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR CURTIN DAIRY 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DG Farms 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunrise Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Greenstreak Dairy 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dassel 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Falls, MN-FND 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Foods, Inc. 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Foods Plainview 203 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bruce Kreofsky and Sons 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bruce Kreofsky & Sons, Inc 93 FTE
NAT-TCR North Shore Supply Company.Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ariel Akron 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR PGW Autoglass 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Landis Express 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ridley Block Operations - Whitewood 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wenatchee Sinclair Systems INTL 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Far Horizon 49er Village Rv Resort 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE nexAir Orlando 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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