Pig farming · Minnesota

Schwartz Farms CLF MN

Mountain Lake, MN · ~24 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schwartz Farms CLF MN runs at 320% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pig farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Schwartz Farms CLF MN: 14.4 TCR = 320% of Pig farming BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schwartz Farms CLF MN safety composite

Schwartz Farms CLF MN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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

−12.0

2016→2022

Schwartz Farms CLF MN injury rate improved

Schwartz Farms CLF MN's TCR fell 12.0 from 24.5 in 2016 to 12.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 24.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=24.5 · 2017=15.8 · 2018=8.0 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=19.6 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=12.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Mountain Lake, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 320% of ind

  • DART 12.5 DART
  • RANK #25/27
  • PHOTO Country Pork LLP
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Country Pork LLP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Schwartz Farms CLF MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schwartz Farms CLF MN averages 14.4 TCR (320% of the Pig farming BLS benchmark).

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

Schwartz Farms CLF MN TCR series: 2016=24.5 · 2017=15.8 · 2018=8 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=19.6 · 2021=12.6 · 2022=12.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Schwartz Farms CLF MN falls in its industry

280 Pig farming establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 27 Pig farming employers in Minnesota.

Schwartz Farms CLF MN (24 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7 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 0100200300400 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Schwartz Farms CLF MN
Schwartz Farms CLF MN (24 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Schwartz Farms CLF MN has fewer employees than the Pig farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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 12.5 12.5 3 0 0
2021 12.6 8.4 3 0 0
2020 19.6 15.7 5 0 0
2019 7.9 3.9 1 1 0
2018 8.0 8.0 2 0 0
2017 15.8 11.8 4 0 0
2016 24.5 21.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · MN · Mountain Lake

280 Pig farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 8 employers in Mountain Lake, 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 Country Pork LLP 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest Pork 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Indiana Sow Farm 3 14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR J-Six Farms Iowa 14.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Dairy, Cottonwood Dairy 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE WPI-Office 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Production Services - Jackson 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pipestone Repairs and Maintenance 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mountain Lake Public School 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR District Wide 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Mountain Lake 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milk Specialties Global Mountain Lake 57 FTE
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-01724 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-02900 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6962-SWY-0025-0025-00979 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gelson's Markets #23 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE BCHC Family Medicine - Oelwein 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schwartz Farms Pheasant Ridge NE 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dow AgroSciences - Phytogen Seed Company - Corcoran, CA 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Empire Southwest, LLC - Blythe 24 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, 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.