Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers · Nebraska

Battle Creek

Battle Creek, NE · ~82 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Battle Creek runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Battle Creek: 1.8 TCR = 80% of Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Battle Creek safety composite

Battle Creek scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Battle Creek: 1.3 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024

Battle Creek's TCR rose 2.4 from 1.3 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Battle Creek, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 80% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #19/75
  • PHOTO LO Agronomy
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LO Agronomy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Battle Creek in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Battle Creek averages 1.8 TCR (80% of the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Battle Creek TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.6 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Battle Creek falls in its industry

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 75 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga employers in Nebraska.

Battle Creek (82 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Battle Creek
Battle Creek (82 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Battle Creek has more employees than the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merc 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.7 1.9 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 0 1 0
2021 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.8 5.8 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 1.3 1.3 2 0 0
2016 1.3 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · NE · Battle Creek

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 3 employers in Battle Creek, NE · 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 LO Agronomy 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millborn Seeds 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EXETER 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGS Retail - Cleveland 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE TK Elevator Omaha 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nebraska Aluminum Castings Inc 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Plastics Nebraska LLC 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Great Plains Beef 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farners Pride - Battle Creek Location 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR Farmers Pride - Battle Creek 25 FTE
NAT-TCR KKM 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bodensteiner Implement Company - Clermont Location 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Orion 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dyersburg (IP) 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Main Office 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE VDF Drum Dry Plant 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montgomeryville Store, Outlet, and Mission Services 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Primex Plastics Design & Fabrication 82 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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