Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) · Minnesota
James Ford Bell R&D Center
Golden Valley, MN · ~1,000 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
James Ford Bell R&D Center runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) workplace, earning a grade D.
James Ford Bell R&D Center: 1.0 TCR = 196% of Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
James Ford Bell R&D Center safety composite
James Ford Bell R&D Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 0.98 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 0.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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%).
Rising injury rate
James Ford Bell R&D Center: 0.5 → 1.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.37× in 2024
James Ford Bell R&D Center's TCR rose 0.5 from 0.5 in 2022 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541712 · Golden Valley, MN ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 1.0 · 196% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #4/10
- PHOTO Frontage Laboratories
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~1,000 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Frontage Laboratories (0.0 TCR gap)
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James Ford Bell R&D Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
James Ford Bell R&D Center
1 TCR
- Frontage Labor
Frontage Laboratories
1 TCR
- Innovation Cen
Innovation Center
1 TCR
- Mission Campus
Mission Campus
1 TCR
- R&D
R&D
1 TCR
What this shows James Ford Bell R&D Center averages 1.0 TCR (196% of the Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) BLS benchmark).
James Ford Bell R&D Center TCR series: 2022=0.5 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1 · BLS 0.5
Where James Ford Bell R&D Center falls in its industry
319 Food research and development establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 10 Food research and development employers in Minnesota.
James Ford Bell R&D Center has more employees than the Food research and development laboratori median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541712 · MN · Golden Valley
319 Food research and development laboratories or services (except biotechnology research and development) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 115 employers in Golden Valley, 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 | Frontage Laboratories | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Innovation Center | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mission Campus | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | R&D | 1.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Amazon Transportation Services : MSP5 | 996 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MTS Systems Corporation | 995 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Flint Hills Resources | 1,006 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Midway Campus | 994 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | General Mills (Corporate) | 3,932 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Koch Companies | 1,413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HoneywellMN10 | 1,388 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tennant Company Corporate Woods TSSC | 936 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Ryder System, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Veritas Steel LLC | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D.R. Horton, Inc. - Huntsville | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 4604 - CQ Enterprise Str | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Linn-Benton Community College | 1,000 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital | 1,000 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Canon U.S.A.,Inc., Melville, NY | 1,000 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southwest Behavioral Health Services, Inc. | 1,000 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.