Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association

Name: Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Thief River Falls, MN · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association runs at 351% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association: 7.7 TCR = 351% of Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association safety composite

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−17.9

2020→2023

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association injury rate improved

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association's TCR fell 17.9 from 17.9 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=17.9 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Thief River Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 351% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #56/72
PHOTO SGS Retail - Moxee
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SGS Retail - Moxee (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.7

What this shows Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association averages 7.7 TCR (351% of the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association TCR series: 2020=17.9 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association falls in its industry

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 72 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga employers in Minnesota.

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association (19 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Farmers Cooperative Grain and Seed Association has fewer employees than the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	5.3	0.0	1
2020	17.9	13.4	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · MN · Thief River Falls

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 42 employers in Thief River Falls, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SGS Retail - Moxee	MOXEE, WA	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Waseca	WASECA, MN	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Starbuck Office and Agronomy	STARBUCK, MN	7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Centerra Co-op, Middlefield	MIDDLEFIELD, OH	7.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sabin Breeding	SABIN	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Schwartz Farms Tilney MN	TRUMAN	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Danvers	DANVERS	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Glyndon, MN	GLYNDON	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Textron Specialized Vehicles - Arctic Cat Thief River Falls	Thief River Falls	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN,THIEF RIVER FALLS - Downtown Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Thief River Falls	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN,Thief River Falls-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Thief River Falls	339 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3761	Thief River Falls	228 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sippican Healthcare Center	Marion, MA	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	falcon	Medina, OH	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	T.E.M. Group, Inc.	Louisville, KY	7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Western Dairy Transport-Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	7.7 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2020. 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.