Potato farming, field and seed potato production · North Dakota

Hoverson Farms

Larimore, ND · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hoverson Farms runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Potato farming, field and seed potato production workplace, earning a grade F.

Hoverson Farms: 9.9 TCR = 220% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hoverson Farms safety composite

Hoverson Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

Hoverson Farms: 7.5 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 13.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.17× in 2018

Hoverson Farms's TCR rose 1.0 from 7.5 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 13.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111211 · Larimore, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 220% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Weber Farms
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Weber Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hoverson Farms in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hoverson Farms averages 9.9 TCR (220% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).

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

Hoverson Farms TCR series: 2016=7.5 · 2017=13.8 · 2018=8.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Hoverson Farms falls in its industry

153 Potato farming, field and seed establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Potato farming, field and seed employers in North Dakota.

Hoverson Farms (46 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hoverson Farms
Hoverson Farms (46 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Hoverson Farms has fewer employees than the Potato farming, field and seed potato pr 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
2018 8.5 1.7 5 0 0
2017 13.8 5.2 8 0 0
2016 7.5 1.9 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111211 · ND · Larimore

153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Weber Farms 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cold Springs Dairy LLC 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amstad Farming Company - Hermiston Area 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alsum Farms Inc. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE North Star Logistics, LLC Watford City 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Traffic Safety Services, Inc. 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Pallet Company Inc 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neche 46 FTE
NAT-TCR Heartland Health Care Center - Orange Park 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR South Bridge Apartments 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Irvine John Wayne Airport 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Denver International Airport (Codia) 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Charlottesville-Pupil Tran 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbia Cottage - Hanover 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horst Group 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Portsmouth NFK 46 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: 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.