Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer materials · Ohio

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient

Upper Sandusky, OH · ~38 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade A.

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient safety composite

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient: 2.4 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.72× in 2021

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient's TCR rose 2.9 from 2.4 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.72× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325311 · Upper Sandusky, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Kinston Fertilizer
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kinston Fertilizer (0.0 TCR gap)

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Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer materials BLS benchmark).

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

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2021=5.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient falls in its industry

85 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl employers in Ohio.

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient (38 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient
Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient (38 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Andersons Upper Sandusky Plant Nutrient has fewer employees than the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants produ median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 5.3 2.7 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325311 · OH · Upper Sandusky

85 Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants producing nitrogenous fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 41 employers in Upper Sandusky, OH · 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 Kinston Fertilizer 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Boardman 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch Fertilizer Dodge City 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Bend Warehouse 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Verano OH CPG - Mothers Grow Best 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Green Velvet Sod Farms 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pride Transportation Co, Inc 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Union City 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bridgestone APM AVD 626 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prospira America Corporation 530 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kasai North America 489 FTE
CITY-NEAR Custom Glass Solutions 279 FTE
NAT-TCR TC Transcontinental Multi Film 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR King's Hawaiian Bakery Southeast Inc 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Komatsu America Corp - NMO 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumberland Pipeline 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE HDS-Jackson 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mt Pleasant House 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kingsbridge 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air To Ground Services, Inc.-LA 38 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.