Dairy cattle farming · Minnesota

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP

Litchfield, MN · ~23 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dairy cattle farming workplace, earning a grade D.

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP: 5.5 TCR = 122% of Dairy cattle farming BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP safety composite

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−15.2

2016→2022

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP injury rate improved

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP's TCR fell 15.2 from 15.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112120 · Litchfield, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 122% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #23/28
  • PHOTO Alan Vander Horst
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alan Vander Horst (0.0 TCR gap)

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United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP averages 5.5 TCR (122% of the Dairy cattle farming BLS benchmark).

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

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP TCR series: 2016=15.2 · 2017=5.9 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=8.6 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP falls in its industry

530 Dairy cattle farming establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 28 Dairy cattle farming employers in Minnesota.

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP (23 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP
United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP (23 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 37 employees and a TCR of 6.0

United Dairy, Alpha Foods, LLP has fewer employees than the Dairy cattle farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 8.6 5.7 3 0 0
2019 5.8 2.9 2 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2016 15.2 9.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112120 · MN · Litchfield

530 Dairy cattle farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 48 employers in Litchfield, 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 Alan Vander Horst 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR George DeRuyter and Sons Dairy LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belonave Ranch LLC 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Silverstreak Dairy LLC, Warner Dairy 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Brooten 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE MNHT-SEL-HIGHWAY 12' 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fergus Falls CSC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mankato Energy Center 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litchfield ISD #465 358 FTE
CITY-NEAR Litchfield, MN 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bobcat Doosan Litchfield 293 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4374 214 FTE
NAT-TCR Mapes Panels LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR MiTek USA, Inc. 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 053420-Hesperia Po 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 166294-Plainfield Po 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE RIE Coatings- Iowa 5301 Chavanelle Road 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carolina Container CAROCON 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Administrative Annex 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 025800 Oak Creek Warehouse 23 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.