Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Minnesota

Farmward - Springfield

Springfield, MN · ~56 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Farmward - Springfield runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade D.

Farmward - Springfield: 3.8 TCR = 172% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farmward - Springfield safety composite

Farmward - Springfield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 42%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−5.1

2017→2024

Farmward - Springfield injury rate improved

Farmward - Springfield's TCR fell 5.1 from 6.7 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.7 · 2018=4.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Springfield, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 172% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/14
  • PHOTO Bartlett Grain Compa…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. (CBN) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Farmward - Springfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Farmward - Springfield averages 3.8 TCR (172% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Farmward - Springfield TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.8 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=1.6 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Farmward - Springfield falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Minnesota.

Farmward - Springfield (56 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Farmward - Springfield
Farmward - Springfield (56 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Farmward - Springfield has more employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.4 3.2 4 0 0
2021 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2020 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.8 1.6 2 1 0
2017 6.7 2.7 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · MN · Springfield

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 11 employers in Springfield, 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 Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. (CBN) 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sublette Feeders, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemung 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scoular Goodland 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE LDC.FAR 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Public Utilities 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shakopee Public Utilities 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Mankato 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR St John Lutheran Home 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sanborn Mfg., division of MAT Industries LLC 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mayo Clinic Health System-Springfield 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Springfield 53 FTE
NAT-TCR Zimbrick VW of Madison 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenfield Care Center of Fullerton 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Davidson Water, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hydrite - Lubbock TX 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Boone Services 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Naval Station Newport 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leppinks Newaygo 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Rancho Bernardo 56 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.