Construction machinery manufacturing · Minnesota

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN

Rice, MN · ~136 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN: 6.6 TCR = 200% of Construction machinery manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN safety composite

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−1.8

2017→2024

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN injury rate improved

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN's TCR fell 1.8 from 7.0 in 2017 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.0 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333120 · Rice, MN ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 200% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #9/21
  • PHOTO TSE International
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TSE International (0.0 TCR gap)

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Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN averages 6.6 TCR (200% of the Construction machinery manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=6.4 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN falls in its industry

400 Construction machinery manufac establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 21 Construction machinery manufac employers in Minnesota.

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN (136 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN
Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN (136 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Virnig Manufacturing Rice MN has more employees than the Construction machinery manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2024 5.1 2.9 7 2 0
2023 7.7 3.3 12 2 0
2022 6.4 5.4 13 0 0
2021 5.5 5.0 10 0 0
2020 8.4 4.2 10 0 0
2019 7.6 5.5 7 0 0
2018 4.9 4.9 4 0 0
2017 7.0 4.2 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333120 · MN · Rice

400 Construction machinery manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 11 employers in Rice, 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 TSE International 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL SALES 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Schwing America, Inc. 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stanley Infrastructure Manchester 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE CenterPoint Energy - Golden Valley Bldg C and A 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Central Service, Inc 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE AHO Operations 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE McDowall Company 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Minnesota - 1016 234 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Minnesota - 1016 173 FTE
CITY-NEAR Foodservice Northland Cheese - 1036 122 FTE
CITY-NEAR Performance Northland Cheese - 1036 113 FTE
NAT-TCR Tsi Calera 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Oliver Travel Trailers 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Palos West Elementary School 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Building 14 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Bethlehem Gardner Facility 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reynolds Company 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wood Health Company LLC 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rouses Market #28 136 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.