Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault
Faribault, MN · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault: 7.1 TCR = 215% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault safety composite
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
31/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 6.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault: 7.1 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.89× in 2019
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.1 in 2017 to 7.6 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Faribault, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 215% of ind
- DART 6.3 DART
- RANK #15/24
- PHOTO Pineland Farms Dairy…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~52 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Pineland Farms Dairy Company (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Minnesota employers → · Look up another →
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Prairie Farms
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault
7.2 TCR
- Rumiano Cheese
Rumiano Cheese Company
7.2 TCR
- This site
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault
7.1 TCR
- Pineland Farms
Pineland Farms Dairy Company
7.1 TCR
- Emmi Roth USA-
Emmi Roth USA- Monroe Plant
7.1 TCR
What this shows Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault averages 7.1 TCR (215% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=7.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault falls in its industry
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.
Prairie Farms - Caves of Faribault has fewer employees than the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311513 · MN · Faribault
377 Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 92 employers in Faribault, 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 | Pineland Farms Dairy Company | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Emmi Roth USA- Monroe Plant | 7.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rumiano Cheese Company | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hutchinson Utilities Commission | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kasella Concrete, Inc. | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bargen Incorporated | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sheehy Construction Company | 52 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Faribault Plant | 736 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Minnesota Correctional Facility-Faribault | 633 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Daikin Applied South | 563 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Faribault Foods LLC | 452 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Atlas Environmental Services, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Emmi Roth USA- Monroe Plant | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bentley Brook - Resort | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Palmetto Propane, Fuels, and Ice, Inc. | 7.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Highway Motors Inc | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Aperion Care Litchfield | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kr Sghs | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mosaic Loveland | 52 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.