Honey processing · Minnesota
Specialty Products
Fosston, MN · ~25 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.1
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Specialty Products runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Honey processing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.4
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.1
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 9
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Specialty Products's OSHA Total Case Rate of 12.4 to the Honey processing BLS benchmark of 4.1 (303% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Specialty Products's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.1 industry benchmark.
Where Specialty Products falls in its industry
359 Honey processing establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Honey processing employers in Minnesota.
Trend analysis for Specialty Products
Between 2017 and 2024, Specialty Products's Total Case Rate improved from 12.5 to 8.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 35% decrease across 7 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 4.5, while 2019 saw the highest rate, at 29.6, a spread of 25.1 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 8 reporting years, Specialty Products recorded 9 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 9 injuries, 9 illnesses shown on this page for Specialty Products are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311999 - Honey processing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 49,000 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty Products (this establishment) | 12.43 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg |
| Yeast manufacturing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311999 |
| Minnesota state avg (all industries) | 5.18 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Specialty Products to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 1 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 2 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 4 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2018: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 3 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29.6 | 7.4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.2 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Specialty Products's reported OSHA injury record versus its Honey processing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 303% of the Honey processing benchmark, Specialty Products reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Honey processing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.