Dairy cattle farming · Minnesota

North Ottawa

Wendell, MN · ~53 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Ottawa runs at 22% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dairy cattle farming workplace, earning a grade A.

North Ottawa: 1.0 TCR = 22% of Dairy cattle farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Ottawa safety composite

North Ottawa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% 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 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

North Ottawa held a steady TCR band

North Ottawa's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Wendell, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 22% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/28
  • PHOTO MPM Farms
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MPM Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Ottawa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Ottawa averages 1.0 TCR (22% of the Dairy cattle farming BLS benchmark).

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

North Ottawa TCR series: 2020=0 · 2021=1.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where North Ottawa falls in its industry

530 Dairy cattle farming establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 28 Dairy cattle farming employers in Minnesota.

North Ottawa (53 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate North Ottawa
North Ottawa (53 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

North Ottawa has more employees than the Dairy cattle farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.7 2.5 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · MN · Wendell

530 Dairy cattle farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 MPM Farms 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walker Farms, LLC 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eldred Brothers / Main Farm 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Homestead Main 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Perham Breeder Farms 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Facility 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maertens- Brenny Construction Company 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power- MN 53 FTE
NAT-TCR 043-Ft Stockton 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Saint-Gobain Abrasives 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Nampa TCA 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Henkel US Operations Corporation 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sumter IGA #651 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE KJ's Market #611 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Traxx Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-1991 S.Cucamonga Avenue 53 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.