Dehydrating fruits and vegetables · Minnesota
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc.
Fosston, MN · ~69 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. runs at 260% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dehydrating fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade F.
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc.: 8.6 TCR = 260% of Dehydrating fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. safety composite
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% 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
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc.: 1.8 → 14.8 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2024
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc.'s TCR rose 13.0 from 1.8 in 2020 to 14.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311423 · Fosston, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 260% of ind
- DART 7.4 DART
- RANK #2/5
- PHOTO Grape Harvest
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grape Harvest (0.0 TCR gap)
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Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc.
8.6 TCR
- Grape Harvest
Grape Harvest
8.6 TCR
- Foley Family F
Foley Family Farms
8.6 TCR
- Mariani Packin
Mariani Packing Company
8.5 TCR
- Rexburg - BAF
Rexburg - BAF
8.5 TCR
What this shows Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. averages 8.6 TCR (260% of the Dehydrating fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. TCR series: 2020=1.8 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=6.5 · 2023=14.4 · 2024=14.8 · BLS 3.3
Where Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. falls in its industry
123 Dehydrating fruits and vegetab establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Dehydrating fruits and vegetab employers in Minnesota.
Minnesota Dehydrated Vegetables Inc. has fewer employees than the Dehydrating fruits and vegetables median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 | 14.8 | 7.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14.4 | 3.9 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311423 · MN · Fosston
123 Dehydrating fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 17 employers in Fosston, 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 | Grape Harvest | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Foley Family Farms | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mariani Packing Company | 8.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rexburg - BAF | 8.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WindLogics St. Paul | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Region Electric Cooperative | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Restoration Professionals, Inc | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Field & Shop | 69 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fosston Hospital | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hugo's #13 | 96 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Consolidated Equipment Group | 95 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Magelssen Elementary School | 88 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Knoxville Tn | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3303 - Ocean Beach | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grether Farming Company, Inc | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BET Investments, Inc. | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Swanson Hardware, Inc. | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pure Healthcare | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4009 - Tpg/Pbs | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Superior Scaffold Services Inc | 69 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.