Canning fruits and vegetables · Minnesota

Seneca Foods

Name: Seneca Foods Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Blue Earth, MN · ~132 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Seneca Foods runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Canning fruits and vegetables workplace, earning a grade C.

Seneca Foods: 3.5 TCR = 106% of Canning fruits and vegetables BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seneca Foods safety composite

Seneca Foods scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Seneca Foods: 1.3 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.71× in 2024

Seneca Foods's TCR rose 4.5 from 1.3 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311421 · Blue Earth, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 106% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #1/11
PHOTO LiDestri Lee Rd. South
BOOK 7y book
INJ 35 inj
SIZE ~132 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LiDestri Lee Rd. South (0.0 TCR gap)

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LiDestri Lee R

3.5
Empire Cherry

3.5
Pappas Foods

3.5
Fischer & Wies

3.5

What this shows Seneca Foods averages 3.5 TCR (106% of the Canning fruits and vegetables BLS benchmark).

Seneca Foods TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2018=3.6 · 2020=2.6 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=3.3 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Seneca Foods falls in its industry

330 Canning fruits and vegetables establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 11 Canning fruits and vegetables employers in Minnesota.

Seneca Foods (132 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 131 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Seneca Foods has more employees than the Canning fruits and vegetables median and a lower 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
2024	5.8	2.5	7	0
2023	0.7	0.7	1	0
2022	3.3	2.2	4	2
2021	7.2	1.8	12	0
2020	2.6	0.7	4	0
2018	3.6	0.0	5	0
2016	1.3	0.7	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311421 · MN · Blue Earth

330 Canning fruits and vegetables employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 15 employers in Blue Earth, 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	LiDestri Lee Rd. South	ROCHESTER, NY	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Empire Cherry Factory and Fulfillment	EMPIRE, MI	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Pappas Foods	SPRINGDALE, AR	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods	FREDERICKSBURG, TX	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Lake Country Power	GRAND RAPIDS	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Public Works	ARDEN HILLS	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Office	DULUTH	132 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hamernick Decorating Center	ST. PAUL	132 FTE
CITY-NEAR	United Hospital District	Blue Earth	259 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St Lukes Main	Blue Earth	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kerry Blue Earth	Blue Earth	161 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2892_5597	Blue Earth	144 FTE
NAT-TCR	Jack Hilliard Distributing Co., Inc - Bryan	Bryan, TX	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	LaSalle Bristol PIN 3801	Plymouth, IN	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Excel Truck Group Columbia	Columbia, SC	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Innovative Carbide	Irwin, PA	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Packaging Services of Maryland	Williamsport, MD	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Paragon	Richardson, TX	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Trader Joe's 0745 Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	132 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Matrix Tool Inc.	Fairview, PA	132 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, 2018, 2016. 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.