Canning fruits and vegetables · Minnesota
Lakeside Foods Owatonna
Owatonna, MN · ~214 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lakeside Foods Owatonna runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Canning fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade C.
Lakeside Foods Owatonna: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lakeside Foods Owatonna safety composite
Lakeside Foods Owatonna scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
43/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.95 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Lakeside Foods Owatonna: 3.4 → 4.4 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024
Lakeside Foods Owatonna's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.4 in 2023 to 4.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311421 · Owatonna, MN ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #5/11
- PHOTO Indiana Plant
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 17 inj
- SIZE ~214 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Indiana Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lakeside Foods Owatonna in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Seneca Foods H
Seneca Foods Hancock
4 TCR
- This site
Lakeside Foods Owatonna
3.9 TCR
- Indiana Plant
Indiana Plant
3.9 TCR
- Indian Summer
Indian Summer
3.9 TCR
- Walnut Creek F
Walnut Creek Foods Manufacturing
3.9 TCR
What this shows Lakeside Foods Owatonna averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Lakeside Foods Owatonna TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=4.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Lakeside Foods Owatonna falls in its industry
330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishmentsSafer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 11 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Minnesota.
Lakeside Foods Owatonna has more employees than the Canning fruits and vegetables median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311421 · MN · Owatonna
330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, 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 | Indiana Plant | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Indian Summer | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walnut Creek Foods Manufacturing | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seneca Foods Hancock | 4.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Distinctive Floral Company | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Alumacraft - MN | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Medtronic ILS | 214 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DenWin Inc | 214 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Downtown & Remote | 1,694 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 27-321862189 | 1,465 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Viracon | 1,084 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Truth Hardware | 631 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Renaissance Raleigh North Hills Hotel | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colonial Harbor | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Madisonville Health and Rehabilitation, LLC | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 5138 - Rapid City | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Mt Storm Pw St | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Skyline Electric | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Martins 6524 | 214 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Specialty Printing, LLC | 214 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.