Cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing · Minnesota

Friesen's Inc.

Detroit Lakes, MN · ~96 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Friesen's Inc. runs at 175% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Friesen's Inc.: 5.8 TCR = 175% of Cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Friesen's Inc. safety composite

Friesen's Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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

−1.9

2017→2024

Friesen's Inc. injury rate improved

Friesen's Inc.'s TCR fell 1.9 from 3.9 in 2017 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.9 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333517 · Detroit Lakes, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 175% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #15/21
  • PHOTO Bardons and Oliver
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 46 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bardons and Oliver (0.0 TCR gap)

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Friesen's Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Friesen's Inc. averages 5.8 TCR (175% of the Cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Friesen's Inc. TCR series: 2017=3.9 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=11.9 · 2021=8.3 · 2022=9.5 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=2 · BLS 3.3

Where Friesen's Inc. falls in its industry

391 Cutting machines, metalworking establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 21 Cutting machines, metalworking employers in Minnesota.

Friesen's Inc. (96 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Friesen's Inc.
Friesen's Inc. (96 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Friesen's Inc. has more employees than the Cutting machines, metalworking, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 2.0 2.0 2 0 0
2023 2.9 0.0 3 0 0
2022 9.5 2.9 10 0 0
2021 8.3 1.9 9 0 0
2020 11.9 6.9 12 0 0
2019 5.1 3.1 5 0 0
2018 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2017 3.9 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333517 · MN · Detroit Lakes

391 Cutting machines, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 86 employers in Detroit Lakes, 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 Bardons and Oliver 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3819_7264 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Integrity Tool Inc 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bliss Industries LLC 5.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - South 501 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Lake Superior Sanitary District 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Associated Milk Producers Inc (Rochester Cheese Mfg) 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Domino's Supply Chain Center- Minnesota 96 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary's Hospital Detroit Lakes 511 FTE
CITY-NEAR St Marys Hospital - Detroit Lakes 497 FTE
CITY-NEAR Operations - Detroit Lakes, MN 472 FTE
CITY-NEAR BTD Manufacturing Detroit Lakes 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Fairview Mills Hiawatha Plant 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Reale Construction Co.,Inc 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oak Hill Veneer 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Russellville 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE San Marcos 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton San Diego @ Gaslamp Quarter 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Romain Contractors 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rouses Markets #56 96 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.