Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing · Minnesota
North Freeze Dry
Little Falls, MN · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
North Freeze Dry runs at 369% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
North Freeze Dry: 14.4 TCR = 369% of Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
North Freeze Dry safety composite
North Freeze Dry scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
North Freeze Dry: 6.8 → 7.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 28.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.31× in 2024
North Freeze Dry's TCR rose 0.7 from 6.8 in 2022 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 28.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311111 · Little Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 369% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #11/12
- PHOTO Bernicks Twin Cities
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~77 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bernicks Twin Cities (0.0 TCR gap)
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North Freeze Dry in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Dakota Dry Bea
Dakota Dry Bean Devils Lake (Lakeview)
15.1 TCR
- This site
North Freeze Dry
14.4 TCR
- Bernicks Twin
Bernicks Twin Cities
14.4 TCR
- Darling Ingred
Darling Ingredients, Inc.
14.3 TCR
- Dayton Natural
Dayton Natural Meats
13.5 TCR
What this shows North Freeze Dry averages 14.4 TCR (369% of the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS benchmark).
North Freeze Dry TCR series: 2022=6.8 · 2023=28.9 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 3.9
Where North Freeze Dry falls in its industry
302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 12 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned employers in Minnesota.
North Freeze Dry has fewer employees than the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, fro median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 28.9 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311111 · MN · Little Falls
302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 60 employers in Little Falls, 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 | Bernicks Twin Cities | 14.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Darling Ingredients, Inc. | 14.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dakota Dry Bean Devils Lake (Lakeview) | 15.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dayton Natural Meats | 13.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | St Cloud Service Center-LB | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Regional Maintenance Facility- Interceptor Services | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc. Eagan office | 77 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Linco Fab, Inc | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IWCO Direct Little Falls | 439 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Little Falls Public School District | 425 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 1634 | 366 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1634 | 358 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Resorts World Casino NYC | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Briarwood Farms | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colonial Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center | 14.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Automotive Racing Products | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DUNKIRK | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ozark Steel LLC | 77 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BCI Mechanical Inc | 77 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.