Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · Minnesota

Ruthton Agronomy

Ruthton, MN · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ruthton Agronomy runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Ruthton Agronomy: 4.5 TCR = 204% of Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ruthton Agronomy safety composite

Ruthton Agronomy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−2.8

2016→2024

Ruthton Agronomy injury rate improved

Ruthton Agronomy's TCR fell 2.8 from 6.7 in 2016 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=4.0 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Ruthton, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 204% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #36/72
  • PHOTO Erskine Agronomy Off…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Erskine Agronomy Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ruthton Agronomy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ruthton Agronomy averages 4.5 TCR (204% of the Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ruthton Agronomy TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=4 · 2019=4.6 · 2020=4.8 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Ruthton Agronomy falls in its industry

1,202 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #36 safest of 72 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesa employers in Minnesota.

Ruthton Agronomy (26 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ruthton Agronomy
Ruthton Agronomy (26 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ruthton Agronomy has fewer employees than the Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher 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 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2023 4.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2019 4.6 0.0 1 0 0
2018 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 6.7 3.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · MN · Ruthton

1,202 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 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 Erskine Agronomy Office 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Foster Brothers Wood Products, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Marys 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGS Retail - Parlier 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Becker 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Silverstreak Dairy 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Schwartz Farms Huiras MN 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Golden Egg 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elementary 51 FTE
NAT-TCR Polaris Austintown 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR St. John Medical Center 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Municipal District Services 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Goya Foods of Orlando 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Selby Main 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ashbrook 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrollton Main 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pueblo ARP 26 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.