Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked · Minnesota

West Central Turkeys

Name: West Central Turkeys Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Pelican Rapids, MN · ~618 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

West Central Turkeys runs at 39% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked workplace, earning a grade A.

West Central Turkeys: 1.3 TCR = 39% of Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central Turkeys safety composite

West Central Turkeys scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−2.4

2017→2024

West Central Turkeys injury rate improved

West Central Turkeys's TCR fell 2.4 from 3.0 in 2017 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311615 · Pelican Rapids, MN AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 39% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #1/16
PHOTO Acorn
BOOK 4y book
INJ 37 inj
SIZE ~618 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Acorn (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.3
Acorn

1.3
Koch Foods-Cum

1.3
Fieldale Farms

1.3
Morganton Plan

1.3

What this shows West Central Turkeys averages 1.3 TCR (39% of the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked BLS benchmark).

West Central Turkeys TCR series: 2017=3 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0.5 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3

Where West Central Turkeys falls in its industry

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, fr establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Turkeys, processing, fresh, fr employers in Minnesota.

West Central Turkeys (618 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

West Central Turkeys has fewer employees than the Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, cann median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024	0.7	0.7	4
2023	0.5	0.5	3
2022	1.1	0.9	7
2017	3.0	2.0	23

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MN · Pelican Rapids

509 Turkeys, processing, fresh, frozen, canned, or cooked employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 10 employers in Pelican Rapids, MN · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Acorn	HARRISONBURG, VA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Koch Foods-Cumming	CUMMING, GA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fieldale Farms - Further Processing Plant	GAINESVILLE, GA	1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morganton Plant	MORGANTON, NC	1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FWB New York Mills	NEW YORK MILLS	617 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2573-MN013	PLYMOUTH	617 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Long Prairie Packing	LONG PRAIRIE	616 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Filmtec Corporation	EDINA	616 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Central Turkeys Plant	Pelican Rapids	650 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Pelican Valley Senior Living	Pelican Rapids	124 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Viking Elementary	Pelican Rapids	88 FTE
CITY-NEAR	High School	Pelican Rapids	85 FTE
NAT-TCR	FedEx Supply Chain Cummins MDC2	Memphis, TN	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Los Angeles Convention Center	Los Angeles, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pal-Serv of Little Rock	North Little Rock, AR	1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Santa Monica Regional Office	Santa Monica, CA	1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Burns & McDonnell Constructors	Houston, TX	618 FTE
NAT-SIZE	City of Berwyn	Berwyn, IL	618 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CV East LLC - CVE	Marion, IN	618 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - VGT5	Las Vegas, NV	618 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.