Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers · Minnesota

ValleyInd Main

Paynesville, MN · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ValleyInd Main runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

ValleyInd Main: 3.8 TCR = 174% of Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ValleyInd Main safety composite

ValleyInd Main scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

−3.5

2019→2021

ValleyInd Main injury rate improved

ValleyInd Main's TCR fell 3.5 from 6.7 in 2019 to 3.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.82× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Paynesville, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 174% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #8/40
  • PHOTO Lawton
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lawton (0.0 TCR gap)

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ValleyInd Main in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ValleyInd Main averages 3.8 TCR (174% of the Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

ValleyInd Main TCR series: 2019=6.7 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where ValleyInd Main falls in its industry

700 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 40 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant employers in Minnesota.

ValleyInd Main (68 employees, TCR 3.8) 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 ValleyInd Main
ValleyInd Main (68 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

ValleyInd Main has more employees than the Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesaler median and a lower 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
2021 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2020 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2019 6.7 6.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · MN · Paynesville

700 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 23 employers in Paynesville, 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 Lawton 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Swayzee Ag 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Turf Star, Inc. - Kent 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Live Oak FL 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stearns Electric Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Federal Contracting Group 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc. 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wm Mueller & Sons Inc 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health Paynesville, Hospital, Clinic, PT, Lab, Business Office 252 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Health-Paynesville 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR CentraCare Paynesville 227 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Industries, LLP 125 FTE
NAT-TCR Campbell Tractor - Wendell 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Saint Barnabas Medical Ctr E/S 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR LASCO - Brownsville 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hobart Service Baltimore 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cupples J&J Dyersburg 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Truck Funding 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 42251c - Grand Rapids 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE 44511g - Greenville Dc 68 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.