Chicken egg production · Minnesota

Forsman Farms HL

Howard Lake, MN · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forsman Farms HL runs at 178% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chicken egg production workplace, earning a grade D.

Forsman Farms HL: 8.0 TCR = 178% of Chicken egg production BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forsman Farms HL safety composite

Forsman Farms HL scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−17.6

2017→2020

Forsman Farms HL injury rate improved

Forsman Farms HL's TCR fell 17.6 from 19.8 in 2017 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=19.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112310 · Howard Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.0 · 178% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Centrum Valley Farms…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Centrum Valley Farms South (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forsman Farms HL in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forsman Farms HL averages 8.0 TCR (178% of the Chicken egg production BLS benchmark).

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

Forsman Farms HL TCR series: 2017=19.8 · 2018=10.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Forsman Farms HL falls in its industry

351 Chicken egg production establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Chicken egg production employers in Minnesota.

Forsman Farms HL (40 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Forsman Farms HL
Forsman Farms HL (40 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Forsman Farms HL has fewer employees than the Chicken egg production median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 10.1 10.1 4 0 0
2017 19.8 19.8 6 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112310 · MN · Howard Lake

351 Chicken egg production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Howard Lake, 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 Centrum Valley Farms South 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Franklin 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Guthrie Center Egg Farm 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lebanon 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML TW Shop - SE 0010 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sleepy Eye Feedmill 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perham Breeders 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Country Pride services 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dura Supreme 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Forsman Farms 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Lake Branch 190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society - Howard Lake 58 FTE
NAT-TCR Werner Enterprises/ELPTX Terminal 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hin 37 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1840 Foster Auto Parts Salem 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Abrasive Technology (Elgin, Illinois) 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Parsec Worcester 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Croton Pullet 2 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE SouthWest Service Center (in TX) 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alamosa Service Center 40 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.