Slaughtering, custom · Minnesota

Quality Pork Processors Inc.

Name: Quality Pork Processors Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Austin, MN · ~1,208 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Quality Pork Processors Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Slaughtering, custom workplace, earning a grade C.

Quality Pork Processors Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Slaughtering, custom BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Quality Pork Processors Inc. safety composite

Quality Pork Processors Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 55%), 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).

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
Fatalities: C 0

Safer than 55% 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

Quality Pork Processors Inc.: 2.3 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2021

Quality Pork Processors Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 2.3 in 2017 to 3.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Austin, MN AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 1.8 DART
RANK #1/7
PHOTO Milan Fresh
BOOK 2y book
INJ 73 inj
SIZE ~1,208 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Milan Fresh (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grinds-Fresno

2.9
Carl Buddig &

2.9
This site

2.8
Milan Fresh

2.8
Smithfield

2.7

What this shows Quality Pork Processors Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Slaughtering, custom BLS benchmark).

Quality Pork Processors Inc. TCR series: 2017=2.3 · 2021=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Quality Pork Processors Inc. falls in its industry

212 Slaughtering, custom establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Slaughtering, custom employers in Minnesota.

Quality Pork Processors Inc. (1,208 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Quality Pork Processors Inc. has more employees than the Slaughtering, custom median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2021	3.3	1.8	42	0	0
2017	2.3	1.3	31	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · MN · Austin

212 Slaughtering, custom employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 75 employers in Austin, 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	Milan Fresh	MILAN, MO	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Grinds-Fresno CA McDonalds	FRESNO, CA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Smithfield	WICHITA, KS	2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carl Buddig & Company-15600 Wentowrth	SOUTH HOLLAND, IL	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Flint Hills Resources	ST. PAUL	1,206 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Willmar Avenue Plant	WILLMAR	1,205 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mankato Area Public Schools	MANKATO	1,200 FTE
STATE-SIZE	National Marrow Donor Program - Coordinating Center	MINNEAPOLIS	1,200 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods - Austin	Austin	1,914 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods - Austin Plant	Austin	1,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods Corporation	Austin	1,581 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin	Austin	930 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sohn Linen Service	Lansing, MI	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metal Industries-Bushnell, Florida	Bushnell, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Newby Island Landfill	Milpitas, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Coastal Greenhouses - SC	Georgetown, SC	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	056789-San Francisco Ca P&Dc	San Francisco, CA	1,208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ExxonMobil Refinery	Baton Rouge, LA	1,208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Neoma - Omaha Hub	Omaha, NE	1,208 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nelnet Diversified Solutions LLC	Lincoln, NE	1,208 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: 2021, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.