Beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing · Minnesota

Owatonna, MN

Owatonna, MN · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Owatonna, MN runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Owatonna, MN: 2.9 TCR = 70% of Beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Owatonna, MN safety composite

Owatonna, MN scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 43%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2017→2019

Owatonna, MN injury rate improved

Owatonna, MN's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.3 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311930 · Owatonna, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P43
  • PHOTO Sensory Effects/ Bal…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sensory Effects/ Balchem (0.0 TCR gap)

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Owatonna, MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Owatonna, MN averages 2.9 TCR (70% of the Beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Owatonna, MN TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2018=6.3 · 2019=0 · BLS 4.1

Where Owatonna, MN falls in its industry

96 Beverage flavorings (except co establishments

Safer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Owatonna, MN (68 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Owatonna, MN
Owatonna, MN (68 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Owatonna, MN has fewer employees than the Beverage flavorings (except coffee based median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.3 6.3 3 0 0
2017 2.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311930 · MN · Owatonna

96 Beverage flavorings (except coffee based) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 122 employers in Owatonna, 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 Sensory Effects/ Balchem 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DairyChem Laboratories, Inc 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allen Flavors, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sensient Flavors, LLC 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stearns Electric Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Federal Contracting Group 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm Mueller & Sons Inc 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Downtown & Remote 1,694 FTE
CITY-NEAR 27-321862189 1,465 FTE
CITY-NEAR Viracon 1,084 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truth Hardware 631 FTE
NAT-TCR Feed Mill 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR B&B Blending LLC 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sprague Devices 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Steele Canvas Basket Corporation 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Peter J. Caruso & Sons, Inc. 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE PA Fulfillment Center 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midland Tx 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heritage Bag - Ogden 68 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.