Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · North Dakota

True North Equipment Grand Forks

Grand Forks, ND · ~42 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

True North Equipment Grand Forks runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

True North Equipment Grand Forks: 6.0 TCR = 271% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

True North Equipment Grand Forks safety composite

True North Equipment Grand Forks scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−6.9

2016→2024

True North Equipment Grand Forks injury rate improved

True North Equipment Grand Forks's TCR fell 6.9 from 8.8 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Grand Forks, ND ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 271% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/17
  • PHOTO Heritage Tractor And…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Tractor Anderson (0.0 TCR gap)

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True North Equipment Grand Forks in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows True North Equipment Grand Forks averages 6.0 TCR (271% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

True North Equipment Grand Forks TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.2

Where True North Equipment Grand Forks falls in its industry

700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 17 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in North Dakota.

True North Equipment Grand Forks (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate True North Equipment Grand Forks
True North Equipment Grand Forks (42 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

True North Equipment Grand Forks has more employees than the Agricultural machinery and equipment mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 7.3 1.8 4 0 0
2016 8.8 4.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · ND · Grand Forks

700 Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 175 employers in Grand Forks, ND · 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 Heritage Tractor Anderson 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Holland 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agri Center- Hutchinson 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Story City 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Residential Real Estate Professionals 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Watford City Mechanic Shop 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 43959 - FARGO DC 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Acme Tools - Bismarck 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Altru Health System Med Park 2,709 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power 907 FTE
CITY-NEAR LM Wind Power : Grand Forks 614 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Eldercare Center 606 FTE
NAT-TCR Irondequoit 10246 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Charleroi Plant 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Harwood Place 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR CLR Inc 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE OSF Motherhouse 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Quick-Way, Inc. 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walkcon 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunbelt Metals and Manufacturing, Inc. 42 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.