Potato farming, field and seed potato production · Indiana
Black Gold Farms
Winamac, IN · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Black Gold Farms runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Potato farming, field and seed potato production workplace, earning a grade D.
Black Gold Farms: 7.8 TCR = 173% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Black Gold Farms safety composite
Black Gold Farms scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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).
38/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 23% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.16 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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%).
TCR Δ
−6.9
2022→2024
Black Gold Farms injury rate improved
Black Gold Farms's TCR fell 6.9 from 11.3 in 2022 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=11.3 · 2024=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111211 · Winamac, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 173% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK P23
- PHOTO Walther Farms NM
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~40 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Walther Farms NM (0.0 TCR gap)
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Black Gold Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Robert & Sandr
Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership
8.1 TCR
- Baker Produce,
Baker Produce, Inc
7.9 TCR
- This site
Black Gold Farms
7.8 TCR
- Walther Farms
Walther Farms NM
7.8 TCR
- Mininger Farms
Mininger Farms
7.6 TCR
What this shows Black Gold Farms averages 7.8 TCR (173% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).
Black Gold Farms TCR series: 2022=11.3 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Black Gold Farms falls in its industry
153 Potato farming, field and seed establishmentsSafer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Black Gold Farms 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 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111211 · IN · Winamac
153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 11 employers in Winamac, IN · 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 | Walther Farms NM | 7.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Baker Produce, Inc | 7.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mininger Farms | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Robert & Sandra Garcia Farming Partnership | 8.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 320-NiSource-Chesterton IN-Bailly Gen | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Baer Field Service Center | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IND-DWH-INDIANA | 40 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kerstiens Homes & Designs, Inc | 40 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pulaski Memorial Hospital | 309 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Galbreath LLC | 157 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plymouth Tube Company | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pulaski Health Care Center | 79 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DACS Asphalt and Concrete | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Florence District 1 | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Gardens Sonesta ES Suites | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | RJD Group, LC | 7.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Silverado Bellevue - 477 | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stief Concrete Work, Inc. | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Mandarin Central | 40 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HGI Wilmington Mayfaire | 40 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.