Powders, baking, manufacturing · Minnesota

IFP/Balchem

Faribault, MN · ~92 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IFP/Balchem runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Powders, baking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

IFP/Balchem: 0.7 TCR = 17% of Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IFP/Balchem safety composite

IFP/Balchem scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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→2022

IFP/Balchem injury rate improved

IFP/Balchem's TCR fell 1.9 from 1.9 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.9 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311999 · Faribault, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 17% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/9
  • PHOTO Three Rivers
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Three Rivers (0.0 TCR gap)

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IFP/Balchem in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IFP/Balchem averages 0.7 TCR (17% of the Powders, baking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IFP/Balchem TCR series: 2017=1.9 · 2018=0.9 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.1

Where IFP/Balchem falls in its industry

335 Powders, baking, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 9 Powders, baking, manufacturing employers in Minnesota.

IFP/Balchem (92 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate IFP/Balchem
IFP/Balchem (92 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 91 employees and a TCR of 3.7

IFP/Balchem has more employees than the Powders, baking, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2017 1.9 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311999 · MN · Faribault

335 Powders, baking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 92 employers in Faribault, 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 Three Rivers 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WNA Bremen 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blending Facility 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Custom Culinary, Inc. - Lombard 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lake States Lumber LLC Aitkin 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-MN-Ostego 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bituminous Paving Inc 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE S R Mechanical, Inc 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faribault Plant 736 FTE
CITY-NEAR Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault 633 FTE
CITY-NEAR Daikin Applied South 563 FTE
CITY-NEAR Faribault Foods LLC 452 FTE
NAT-TCR 1483 - Greenfield 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc - Neponset 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Kingswood Kitchens Inc 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Legal Services 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 59 - Spring Hill-IL 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE 247 - Wichita East 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE 557 - Westchase 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE 571 - Plainfield-IL 92 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: 2022, 2020, 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.