Farm supply stores · Minnesota

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.

Long Lake, MN · ~42 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. runs at 610% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.: 20.7 TCR = 610% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. safety composite

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−2.5

2017→2024

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. injury rate improved

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 13.6 in 2017 to 11.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=13.6 · 2018=21.3 · 2020=24.7 · 2021=19.7 · 2022=34.0 · 2024=11.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Long Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.7 · 610% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/15
  • PHOTO Headquarter
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 43 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headquarter (0.2 TCR gap)

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Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. averages 20.7 TCR (610% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. TCR series: 2017=13.6 · 2018=21.3 · 2020=24.7 · 2021=19.7 · 2022=34 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. falls in its industry

642 Farm supply stores establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Farm supply stores employers in Minnesota.

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 20.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.
Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. (42 employees, TCR 20.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Otten Brothers Nursery & Landscaping, Inc. has fewer employees than the Farm supply stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 11.1 0.0 4 0 0
2022 34.0 2.8 12 0 0
2021 19.7 4.9 8 0 0
2020 24.7 5.5 7 2 0
2018 21.3 13.3 8 0 0
2017 13.6 2.7 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · MN · Long Lake

642 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 18 employers in Long Lake, 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 Headquarter 20.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Homestead Gardens, Inc. - SP Retail 21.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Armstrong Garden Centers 716 21.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rt7 Herndon Meadows Farms 22.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods Inc.- GY2 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Redwood Falls, MN-PS 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Municipal Utilities 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Benson Power, LLC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278 527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-Intermediate School 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-High School 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Orono ISD #278-Link 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1099 20.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works - Road Maintenance 20.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - OLM1 20.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Tiffin Rehabilitation Center 20.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04156 - WM of AL - Opelika 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03053 - Monroe Hauling 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04199 - Raleigh Hauling 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Champion Estates Assisted Living 42 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 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.