Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing · Minnesota

West Central Turkeys Plant

Name: West Central Turkeys Plant Workplace Safety Data
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Pelican Rapids, MN · ~650 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

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

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The verdict

West Central Turkeys Plant runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing workplace, earning a grade B.

West Central Turkeys Plant: 2.0 TCR = 62% of Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Central Turkeys Plant safety composite

West Central Turkeys Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 50%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−1.2

2018→2021

West Central Turkeys Plant injury rate improved

West Central Turkeys Plant's TCR fell 1.2 from 3.2 in 2018 to 2.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.2 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 62% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #3/16
PHOTO Case Farms Processin…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 57 inj
SIZE ~650 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Case Farms Processing/Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows West Central Turkeys Plant averages 2.0 TCR (62% of the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing BLS benchmark).

West Central Turkeys Plant TCR series: 2018=3.2 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=1.3 · 2021=2 · BLS 3.3

Where West Central Turkeys Plant falls in its industry

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 16 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, employers in Minnesota.

West Central Turkeys Plant (650 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 619 employees and a TCR of 3.5

West Central Turkeys Plant has more employees than the Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, fr 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
2021	2.0	1.6	13
2020	1.3	0.9	8
2019	1.7	1.3	12
2018	3.2	3.1	24

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311615 · MN · Pelican Rapids

509 Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing 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	Case Farms Processing/Plant	CANTON, OH	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crider Foods	STILLMORE, GA	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alatrade - Phenix City	PHENIX CITY, AL	2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	House of Raeford	GREENVILLE, SC	2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cold Spring Granite Company	COLD SPRING	651 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Social Services	ST. PAUL	648 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bethesda Hospital	ST. PAUL	653 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakeville Technical Center	LAKEVILLE	645 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Central Turkeys	Pelican Rapids	618 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	Charles River Medical Associates PC	Framingham, MA	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Supreme Graphics	Arcadia, WI	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	US ES NPV Central	Wheeling, IL	2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Millinocket Office	Millinocket, ME	2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Downers Grove Grade School District 58	Downers Grove, IL	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lumentum Corporate	San Jose, CA	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bermudez,Longo,Diaz-Masso,LLC	San Juan, PR	650 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Cantera Resort and Spa	San Antonio, TX	650 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, 2018. 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.