Chicken egg production · Minnesota

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2

Gaylord, MN · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Chicken egg production workplace, earning a grade A.

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2: 1.1 TCR = 26% of Chicken egg production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 safety composite

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.3

2019→2021

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 injury rate improved

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2's TCR fell 1.3 from 1.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112310 · Gaylord, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/10
  • PHOTO KSC1
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KSC1 (0.1 TCR gap)

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Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 averages 1.1 TCR (26% of the Chicken egg production BLS benchmark).

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

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 TCR series: 2019=1.3 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 falls in its industry

351 Chicken egg production establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Chicken egg production employers in Minnesota.

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 (42 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Michael Foods Inc.- GY2
Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 (42 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 has fewer employees than the Chicken egg production median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 1.3 1.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112310 · MN · Gaylord

351 Chicken egg production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 13 employers in Gaylord, 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 KSC1 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Union City Facility 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MG Waldbaum (Farms) 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waelder 1 Complex 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Redwood Falls, MN-PS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Municipal Utilities 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benson Power, LLC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ever-Green Energy St Paul Ops 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Michael Foods Inc.- GY1 479 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wakefield Pork, Inc. 189 FTE
CITY-NEAR County of Sibley 178 FTE
CITY-NEAR Oak Terrace Retirement Community of Gaylord 120 FTE
NAT-TCR Harris Rebar Nufab - Houston Texas 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cm3 Med - Campbell 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Chesapeake Optical Laboratory 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lorton FS (SSS, CSS) 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE King Co., Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE WW-Niskayuna CSC 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 49361r - Springville Bin 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakeside 42 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.