Potato farming, field and seed potato production · Wisconsin
Alsum Farms Inc.
Arena, WI · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.6
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Alsum Farms Inc. runs at 212% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Potato farming, field and seed potato production workplace, earning a grade F.
Alsum Farms Inc.: 9.6 TCR = 212% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Alsum Farms Inc. safety composite
Alsum Farms Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.55 per 100 workers
Safer than 15% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Alsum Farms Inc.: 7.0 → 21.7 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 21.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.51× in 2024
Alsum Farms Inc.'s TCR rose 14.7 from 7.0 in 2019 to 21.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111211 · Arena, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 212% of ind
- DART 14.4 DART
- RANK #6/7
- PHOTO CSS Farms - Dalhart
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~20 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CSS Farms - Dalhart (0.1 TCR gap)
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Alsum Farms Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Weber Farms
Weber Farms
9.9 TCR
- Hoverson Farms
Hoverson Farms
9.9 TCR
- Amstad Farming
Amstad Farming Company - Hermiston Area
9.7 TCR
- This site
Alsum Farms Inc.
9.6 TCR
- CSS Farms - Da
CSS Farms - Dalhart
9.5 TCR
What this shows Alsum Farms Inc. averages 9.6 TCR (212% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).
Alsum Farms Inc. TCR series: 2019=7 · 2023=0 · 2024=21.7 · BLS 4.5
Where Alsum Farms Inc. falls in its industry
153 Potato farming, field and seed establishmentsSafer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 7 Potato farming, field and seed employers in Wisconsin.
Alsum Farms Inc. has fewer employees than the Potato farming, field and seed potato pr median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111211 · WI · Arena
153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin 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 | CSS Farms - Dalhart | 9.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Amstad Farming Company - Hermiston Area | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Weber Farms | 9.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hoverson Farms | 9.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | FGI West Salem | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 760 Durand Agronomy | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 764 Osseo Agronomy | 20 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Durand Agronomy | 20 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Arena | 31 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Keystone Villa at Douglassville | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SIMFLO Willcox | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | St. Joseph Mo - 3210 | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 4305 - Holiday City Treating Plant | 9.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Park City UT Yard | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ronyak Bros Paving , Inc | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | American Standard, Mfg. | 20 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | KOWA Kentucky, Inc | 20 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.