Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers · South Dakota

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company

Baltic, SD · ~188 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company: 4.7 TCR = 213% of Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company safety composite

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−3.9

2022→2023

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company injury rate improved

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company's TCR fell 3.9 from 6.6 in 2022 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=6.6 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Baltic, SD ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 213% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #12/16
  • PHOTO Bomgaars Supply,Inc.…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~188 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Hays (0.0 TCR gap)

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Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company averages 4.7 TCR (213% of the Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company TCR series: 2022=6.6 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company falls in its industry

1,202 Pesticides, agricultural, merc establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Pesticides, agricultural, merc employers in South Dakota.

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company (188 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company
Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company (188 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Agronomy Sciences LLC dba Hefty Seed Company has more employees than the Pesticides, agricultural, merchant whole median and a higher 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2023 2.7 2.2 5 0 0
2022 6.6 1.0 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · SD · Baltic

1,202 Pesticides, agricultural, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 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 Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Hays 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shafter, CA 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bradley Caldwell, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Faithway Alliance - Tanner 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE AH Avera Mckennan 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Human Service Agency 189 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Hardware Distributing Co - Distribution Center 190 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8165 186 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC&F Retail, Inc (dba Friendly's Fuel Stop, Baltic) 19 FTE
NAT-TCR Golden Harbor 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR America's Thrift Store #28 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charles T. Sitrin Child Care Center 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Food Store 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert Company 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Construction Inc. 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE GKN Driveline 188 FTE
NAT-SIZE R.O.W.C., L.L.C. 188 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.