Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals · Minnesota

Rio Nutrition

Redwood Falls, MN · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rio Nutrition runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals workplace, earning a grade B.

Rio Nutrition: 2.6 TCR = 67% of Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rio Nutrition safety composite

Rio Nutrition 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% 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

−0.8

2022→2024

Rio Nutrition injury rate improved

Rio Nutrition's TCR fell 0.8 from 4.3 in 2022 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.6 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/28
  • PHOTO CFN-Casa Grande
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CFN-Casa Grande (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rio Nutrition in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rio Nutrition averages 2.6 TCR (67% of the Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals BLS benchmark).

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

Rio Nutrition TCR series: 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.9

Where Rio Nutrition falls in its industry

756 Alfalfa prepared as feed for a establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 28 Alfalfa prepared as feed for a employers in Minnesota.

Rio Nutrition (28 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rio Nutrition
Rio Nutrition (28 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Rio Nutrition has fewer employees than the Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals 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
2024 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 4.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · MN · Redwood Falls

756 Alfalfa prepared as feed for animals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 39 employers in Redwood Falls, 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 CFN-Casa Grande 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springfield Purina Feed Mill 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Birdfood Lubbock 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cochecton Mills Inc 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Shooting Star Native Seeds 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moore Calves 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2528-Glyndon, MN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Worthington Public Utilities 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Redwood Hospital 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carris Health-Redwood Hospital 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR Clayton Homes 220 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independent School District #2897 215 FTE
NAT-TCR Complex Chemical Co. Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Alto Magic Valley 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DB2 Services Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Retreats Geneva on the Lake 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lmmm Austin #7,Ltd 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Welding & Fabrication Inc 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE B77 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Armature Works Inc 28 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.