Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing · Minnesota

Ridley Block Operations

Name: Ridley Block Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Worthington, MN · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.0
Avg TCR: 3.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ridley Block Operations runs at 77% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ridley Block Operations: 3.0 TCR = 77% of Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ridley Block Operations safety composite

Ridley Block Operations scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−6.0

2021→2022

Ridley Block Operations injury rate improved

Ridley Block Operations's TCR fell 6.0 from 6.0 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Worthington, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.0 · 77% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/28
PHOTO Vita Plus - Distribu…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vita Plus - Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ridley Block Operations averages 3.0 TCR (77% of the Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ridley Block Operations TCR series: 2021=6 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.9

Where Ridley Block Operations falls in its industry

756 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manu establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 28 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manu employers in Minnesota.

Ridley Block Operations (43 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ridley Block Operations has more employees than the Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2021	6.0	4.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · MN · Worthington

756 Alfalfa meal, dehydrated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 59 employers in Worthington, 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	Vita Plus - Distribution Center	MADISON, WI	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Turlock Commodities	TURLOCK, CA	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	PAN AMERICAN GRAIN COMPANY-CORUJO	BAYAMON, PR	3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill Animal Nutrition - Stockton	STOCKTON, CA	3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative	LAFAYETTE	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Edina Service Center	EDINA	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wigen Water Technologies	CHASKA	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lennar Multi-Family - Central (MN)	MINNEAPOLIS	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SWIFT PORK COMPANY - WORTHINGTON	Worthington	2,136 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SWIFT PORK COMPANY WORTHINGTON	Worthington	2,113 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bedford Industries	Worthington	416 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MN,WORTHINGTON - Medical Center Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	Worthington	272 FTE
NAT-TCR	Yarde Metals, Limerick	Limerick, PA	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	OKC-ODFL	Oklahoma City, OK	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	King Food Saver # 16	Cassville, MO	3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Drywall Systems Inc	Wichita, KS	3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tops #270	Mayville, NY	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops #724	West Coxsackie, NY	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops #700	Corinth, NY	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Round Barn Winery	Baroda, MI	43 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: 2022, 2021. 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.