Distribution of electric power · Minnesota

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services

Name: Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services Workplace Safety Data
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Albert Lea, MN · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 1.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services: 2.8 TCR = 230% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services safety composite

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services: 1.6 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.88× in 2020

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services's TCR rose 3.6 from 1.6 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Albert Lea, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 2.8 · 230% of ind

DART 5.2 DART
RANK #24/85
PHOTO SLEMCO LAFAYETTE
BOOK 5y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SLEMCO LAFAYETTE (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.8
SLEMCO LAFAYET

2.8
Johns Prairie

2.8
Eastlake

2.8
Southern River

2.8

What this shows Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services averages 2.8 TCR (230% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=7 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.2 · BLS 1.2

Where Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 85 Distribution of electric power employers in Minnesota.

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services (63 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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	Illnesses
2020	5.2	5.2	2	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0	0
2018	7.0	1.7	4	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0
2016	1.6	0.0	1	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · MN · Albert Lea

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 93 employers in Albert Lea, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SLEMCO LAFAYETTE	LAFAYETTE, LA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Johns Prairie Operations Center	SHELTON, WA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eastlake	EASTLAKE, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southern Rivers Energy	BARNESVILLE, GA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Riverview	MORRIS	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BELTRAMI ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE	BEMIDJI	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Steenberg Watrud Construction LLC	INVER GROVE HEIGHTS	63 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Donald R Frantz Concrete Construction, LLC	ST. PAUL	63 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea	Albert Lea	825 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lou-Rich Front Street	Albert Lea	277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 1020	Albert Lea	262 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1020	Albert Lea	261 FTE
NAT-TCR	State Utility Contractors, Inc. Monroe	Monroe, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Edelstein Facility	Edelstien, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza	St. Louis, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	All Locations	Delaware, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hoover Elementary	Medford, OR	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Home Office	Pilot Point, TX	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crown World - Louisville	Louisville, KY	63 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Simpson Performance Products	New Braunfels, TX	63 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, 2016. 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.