Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming · Minnesota

KBQ, Inc.

Mountain Lake, MN · ~34 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

KBQ, Inc. runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming workplace, earning a grade D.

KBQ, Inc.: 7.1 TCR = 158% of Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

KBQ, Inc. safety composite

KBQ, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

KBQ, Inc.: 3.2 → 6.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.46× in 2024

KBQ, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.3 from 3.2 in 2020 to 6.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Mountain Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 3.3 DART
  • RANK #13/27
  • PHOTO Biosecurity Building
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Biosecurity Building (0.0 TCR gap)

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KBQ, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows KBQ, Inc. averages 7.1 TCR (158% of the Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming BLS benchmark).

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

KBQ, Inc. TCR series: 2020=3.2 · 2021=13 · 2022=0 · 2023=12.9 · 2024=6.5 · BLS 4.5

Where KBQ, Inc. falls in its industry

280 Hog and pig (including breedin establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 27 Hog and pig (including breedin employers in Minnesota.

KBQ, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7 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 0100200300400 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate KBQ, Inc.
KBQ, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

KBQ, Inc. has more employees than the Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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
2024 6.5 3.3 2 0 0
2023 12.9 3.2 3 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 13.0 13.0 4 0 0
2020 3.2 3.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · MN · Mountain Lake

280 Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Mountain Lake, 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 Biosecurity Building 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymouth 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indiana Sow Farm 5 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schwartz Farms Site 2 NE 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Daybreak Foods, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forsman Farms SH 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Klaphake Feed Mill Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Melrose Live Haul 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mountain Lake Public School 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR District Wide 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Mountain Lake 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake 57 FTE
NAT-TCR Fenceworks Inc. (All Locations) 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Treasure Coast FL Yard 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR King Organics Inc 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 10349 Lafayette 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE 20221 Ketchikan 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recycling Associates, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Serco - Bremerton,WA 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Larry's Sausage 34 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. 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.