Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing · Minnesota
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault
Faribault, MN · ~69 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault runs at 217% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault: 7.2 TCR = 217% of Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault safety composite
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
−2.9
2020→2024
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault injury rate improved
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault's TCR fell 2.9 from 7.5 in 2020 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=7.5 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311513 · Faribault, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 217% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #16/24
- PHOTO Rumiano Cheese Company
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 22 inj
- SIZE ~69 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Rumiano Cheese Company (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault
7.2 TCR
- Rumiano Cheese
Rumiano Cheese Company
7.2 TCR
- Prairie Farms
Prairie Farms Dairy - Luana
7.2 TCR
- Bongards Cream
Bongards Creameries Central
7.2 TCR
- Saputo Greenwa
Saputo Greenway
7.2 TCR
What this shows Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault averages 7.2 TCR (217% of the Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Prairie Farms Dairy - Faribault TCR series: 2020=7.5 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=8.7 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Prairie Farms Dairy - 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 #16 safest of 24 Cheese (except cottage cheese) employers in Minnesota.
Prairie Farms Dairy - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 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 | Rumiano Cheese Company | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Prairie Farms Dairy - Luana | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bongards Creameries Central | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Saputo Greenway | 7.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | WindLogics St. Paul | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lake Region Electric Cooperative | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Restoration Professionals, Inc | 69 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Field & Shop | 69 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 | Volvo Group Truck Operations | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brown Memorial Home | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1296 - Middletown | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 0183 - Pacoima | 7.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Superior Scaffold Services Inc | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4009 - Tpg/Pbs | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pure Healthcare | 69 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wings and Waves Waterpark | 69 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.