General stores · Minnesota

Runnings of Benson

Benson, MN · ~23 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.7
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Runnings of Benson runs at 404% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General stores workplace, earning a grade F.

Runnings of Benson: 13.7 TCR = 404% of General stores BLS 3.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Runnings of Benson safety composite

Runnings of Benson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−7.6

2017→2024

Runnings of Benson injury rate improved

Runnings of Benson's TCR fell 7.6 from 24.2 in 2017 to 16.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 40.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=24.2 · 2018=40.1 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=7.5 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=16.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452990 · Benson, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.7 · 404% of ind

  • DART 8.3 DART
  • RANK #31/31
  • PHOTO Big Lots Store #42 P…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Big Lots Store #42 PORTSMOUTH, OH (0.0 TCR gap)

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Runnings of Benson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Runnings of Benson averages 13.7 TCR (404% of the General stores BLS benchmark).

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

Runnings of Benson TCR series: 2017=24.2 · 2018=40.1 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=7.5 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=16.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Runnings of Benson falls in its industry

2,120 General stores establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 31 General stores employers in Minnesota.

Runnings of Benson (23 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 020406080100 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Runnings of Benson
Runnings of Benson (23 employees, TCR 13.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Runnings of Benson has more employees than the General stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 16.6 8.3 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 7.7 7.7 1 0 0
2018 40.1 32.1 5 0 0
2017 24.2 24.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452990 · MN · Benson

2,120 General stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 17 employers in Benson, 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 Big Lots Store #42 PORTSMOUTH, OH 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4283 MERCED, CA 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4088 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 13.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big Lots Store #4674 Citrus Heights, CA 13.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson 520 FTE
CITY-NEAR CNH Industrial - Benson 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR Benson Public Schools 217 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swift County 134 FTE
NAT-TCR St. Vincent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Ce 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR S04136 - WM of Seattle 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Grocery Outlet of Arroyo Grande 13.7 TCR
NAT-TCR D4 Peoria Yard 13.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association - Ottawa Main 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ottawa Cooperative Association - Crop Production 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE ColorCoat Inc. Tualatin, OR 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock River - Trucking Division 23 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.