Grocery stores · Minnesota

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna

Owatonna, MN · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna runs at 247% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna: 8.4 TCR = 247% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−8.5

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna's TCR fell 8.5 from 12.1 in 2020 to 3.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=12.1 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=3.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 247% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #268/327
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 065
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 065 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna averages 8.4 TCR (247% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna TCR series: 2020=12.1 · 2023=9.5 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #268 safest of 327 Grocery stores employers in Minnesota.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna (65 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna
Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna (65 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 139 Owatonna has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2023 9.5 6.3 3 0 0
2020 12.1 9.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · MN · Owatonna

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, 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 The Fresh Market 065 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trader Joe's 0177 Ahwatukee 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orange Grocery Outlet 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LMMM Houston #41, LLC 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake Prairie 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hibbing Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Virginia Public Utilities 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Utility Services Inc-MN-Lakeville 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR Dorchester 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR V. Sattui Winery 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 2182 - Somersworth 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Station, Delivery Operations 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 193 Tiffin 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-221 Allen Rd 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fareway Stores, Inc. 034 Iowa City 65 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, 2020. 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.