Potato Farming · Minnesota

Staples

Staples, MN · ~47 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Staples runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Potato Farming workplace, earning a grade A.

Staples: 2.0 TCR = 44% of Potato Farming BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Staples safety composite

Staples scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−1.8

2017→2024

Staples injury rate improved

Staples's TCR fell 1.8 from 1.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111211 · Staples, MN AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Savage Farms Inc.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~47 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Savage Farms Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Staples in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Staples averages 2.0 TCR (44% of the Potato Farming BLS benchmark).

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

Staples TCR series: 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Staples falls in its industry

153 Potato Farming establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Potato Farming employers in Minnesota.

Staples (47 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Staples
Staples (47 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Staples has fewer employees than the Potato Farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.4 1.7 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.5 1.8 2 0 0
2019 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111211 · MN · Staples

153 Potato Farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 12 employers in Staples, 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 Savage Farms Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR BARNES FARMING CORP 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farm Technology Corporation Fram 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIGUEL OLIVARES & SONS 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Campbell 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Willmar Live Haul 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative 47 FTE
STATE-SIZE Energy Center Minneapolis 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR 217_286 451 FTE
CITY-NEAR 01. Hospital and Clinic 443 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02. Senior Campus 318 FTE
CITY-NEAR 217_287 288 FTE
NAT-TCR S04137 - Augusta Hauling 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Lake Health West Med Ctr 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR IL - Allied 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Creative Packaging 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central Marin Sanitation Agency 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE S04823 - Capital Sanitation Co 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE S03812 - WM of Northern MS - Tupelo 47 FTE
NAT-SIZE Altoona Med-Van Transport Office 47 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. 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.