Sod farming · Tennessee
Benton
Benton, TN · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.9
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
Benton runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade C.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 4.9
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 4.5
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 1
- worker fatalities on record
Grade compares Benton's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Benton's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 4.5 industry benchmark.
Where Benton falls in its industry
431 Sod farming establishmentsSafer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.
Benton has an average TCR of 4.9, which is 109% of the industry average (4.5) for Sod farming. This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Benton
Between 2023 and 2024, Benton's Total Case Rate worsened from 4.6 to 5.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 15% increase across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2023, at a TCR of 4.6, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 5.3, a spread of 0.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Benton recorded 3 total injuries and illnesses and 1 fatality. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Benton's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 111421 - Sod farming.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 38,000 hours worked = 0.00 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benton (this establishment) | 4.92 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Sod farming industry avg | 4.50 | BLS IIF, NAICS 111421 |
| Tennessee state avg (all industries) | 4.09 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Benton to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 1 injuries, 0 illnesses, 1 fatality - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Benton's reported OSHA injury record versus its Sod farming peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 109% of the Sod farming benchmark, Benton reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Sod farming sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.