Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing · Minnesota

Northern Pride, Inc.

Name: Northern Pride, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Thief River Falls, MN · ~143 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Northern Pride, Inc. runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing workplace, earning a grade C.

Northern Pride, Inc.: 3.7 TCR = 112% of Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Pride, Inc. safety composite

Northern Pride, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−3.6

2017→2024

Northern Pride, Inc. injury rate improved

Northern Pride, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.6 from 5.5 in 2017 to 1.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Thief River Falls, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

DART 1.2 DART
RANK #9/16
PHOTO Pilgrims- Plant
BOOK 4y book
INJ 20 inj
SIZE ~143 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pilgrims- Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Northern Pride, Inc. averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing BLS benchmark).

Northern Pride, Inc. TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=5.4 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Northern Pride, Inc. falls in its industry

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Poultry slaughtering, dressing employers in Minnesota.

Northern Pride, Inc. (143 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Northern Pride, Inc. has fewer employees than the Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and pack median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024	1.8	1.2	3	0
2023	2.1	1.1	4	0
2018	5.4	5.4	6	1
2017	5.5	4.8	7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MN · Thief River Falls

509 Poultry slaughtering, dressing, and packing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 42 employers in Thief River Falls, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Pilgrims- Plant	NATCHITOCHES, LA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Arkansas Plant 2	FORT SMITH, AR	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Golden Rod Broilers	CULLMAN, AL	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pilgrim's	WACO, TX	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Novel Energy Solutions L.L.C.	SAINT PAUL	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Electronic Communication Systems LLC	BLOOMINGTON	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Weidner Plumbing and Heating Company	ST. CLOUD	143 FTE
STATE-SIZE	McC Corporate Office	GREENFIELD	143 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Textron Specialized Vehicles - Arctic Cat Thief River Falls	Thief River Falls	734 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN,THIEF RIVER FALLS - Downtown Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Thief River Falls	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN,Thief River Falls-Medical Center-General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	Thief River Falls	339 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 3761	Thief River Falls	228 FTE
NAT-TCR	Glenbrook Hospital	Glenview, IL	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Precision Aerospace Corporation	Rancho Cucamonga, CA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Berger Electric Inc.	Dickinson, ND	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hickory Business Furniture	Hickory, NC	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Legacy Health and Rehabilitation of Pleasant Grove, LLC	Pleasant Grove, AL	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	USA Seattle 3150 S 160th St	Seattle, WA	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Olam Americas LLC	Las Cruces, NM	143 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Modern Door Corp	Walkerton, IN	143 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, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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