Employer · North Dakota

Velva Oilseeds

Velva, ND · ~76 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Velva Oilseeds runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.

Velva Oilseeds: 2.0 TCR = 61% of industry BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Velva Oilseeds safety composite

Velva Oilseeds scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 66% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−1.0

2016→2024

Velva Oilseeds injury rate improved

Velva Oilseeds's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=4.0 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Velva, ND AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 61% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/4
  • PHOTO Creston (PFI)
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~76 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Creston (PFI) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Velva Oilseeds in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Velva Oilseeds averages 2.0 TCR (61% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Velva Oilseeds TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=1.3 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=4 · 2023=1.4 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Velva Oilseeds falls in its industry

146 industry establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 industry employers in North Dakota.

Velva Oilseeds (76 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Velva Oilseeds
Velva Oilseeds (76 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Velva Oilseeds has more employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2023 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2022 4.0 1.3 3 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 2 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · ND · Velva

146 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,696 rated employers in North Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Velva, 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 Creston (PFI) 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mankato Oilseeds 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mexico Oilseeds 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enderlin Oilseeds 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Midwest Ironworks LLC 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fargo Container 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE RNDC Fargo 76 FTE
STATE-SIZE Republic National Distributing Company 9 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dot's Velva 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Velva C-Store 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Andersen Logistics - Garland 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR County Of Kane 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR K&W Roofing 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawkeye Pride 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Destrehan Grain Port Location 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rgv Delivers 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Conner Holdings, LLC 76 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tampa Bay Delivery, LLC 76 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, 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.