Food inspection agencies · Minnesota

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters

St Paul, MN · ~406 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food inspection agencies workplace, earning a grade A.

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Food inspection agencies BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters safety composite

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2017→2024

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters injury rate improved

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.5 in 2017 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.5 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926140 · St Paul, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.6 DART
  • RANK P80
  • PHOTO DAG001 Dept of Agric…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~406 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DAG001 Dept of Agriculture (0.1 TCR gap)

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MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Food inspection agencies BLS benchmark).

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

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters TCR series: 2017=1.5 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.2

Where MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters falls in its industry

30 Food inspection agencies establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters (406 employees, TCR 1.6) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 14 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters
MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters (406 employees, TCR 1.6) among 13 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.6

MN Department of Agriculture Headquarters has more employees than the Food inspection agencies median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 1.1 0.6 4 0 0
2023 1.8 1.2 6 0 0
2022 2.7 0.6 9 0 0
2021 0.6 0.6 2 0 0
2020 1.6 0.9 7 0 0
2019 2.1 1.2 7 0 0
2018 1.2 0.9 4 0 0
2017 1.5 0.6 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926140 · MN · St Paul

30 Food inspection agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 230 employers in St Paul, 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 DAG001 Dept of Agriculture 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pandol Bros., Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR OCPW Ag Commissioner 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY EAST GRAND FORKS 406 FTE
STATE-SIZE Veit & Company 405 FTE
STATE-SIZE MyPillow, Inc. 407 FTE
STATE-SIZE 9705 Data Park 405 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1010 REGIONS HOSPITAL 5,313 FTE
CITY-NEAR HPI-Ramsey 5,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Travelers St Paul Office 2,256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marsden Bldg Maintenance 1,800 FTE
NAT-TCR USA IL Moline Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Royal Oak - 44th District Court 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Ultra Tech Machinery 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR G.H. Robertson School 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Riverside Ag Works LLC 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bodine Aluminum, Inc.- Jackson 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 406 FTE
NAT-SIZE Med Tech 2 406 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, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.