Potato farming, field and seed potato production · Missouri
Black Gold Farms MOC
Charleston, MO · ~19 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Black Gold Farms MOC runs at 166% 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 MOC: 7.5 TCR = 166% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Black Gold Farms MOC safety composite
Black Gold Farms MOC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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
−5.4
2016→2020
Black Gold Farms MOC injury rate improved
Black Gold Farms MOC's TCR fell 5.4 from 11.2 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.2 · 2018=5.4 · 2020=5.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111211 · Charleston, MO ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 166% of ind
- DART 5.8 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Black Gold Farms Cam…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~19 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Black Gold Farms Camden (0.0 TCR gap)
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Black Gold Farms MOC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Mininger Farms
Mininger Farms
7.6 TCR
- This site
Black Gold Farms MOC
7.5 TCR
- Black Gold Far
Black Gold Farms Camden
7.5 TCR
- Elkhorn River
Elkhorn River Farms
7.4 TCR
- Walther Farms
Walther Farms Cass City
7.3 TCR
What this shows Black Gold Farms MOC averages 7.5 TCR (166% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).
Black Gold Farms MOC TCR series: 2016=11.2 · 2018=5.4 · 2020=5.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Black Gold Farms MOC falls in its industry
153 Potato farming, field and seed establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Potato farming, field and seed employers in Missouri.
Black Gold Farms MOC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.2 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111211 · MO · Charleston
153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 7 employers in Charleston, MO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Black Gold Farms Camden | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Elkhorn River Farms | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mininger Farms | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walther Farms Cass City | 7.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Select Genetics MO Rocky Point 006-0138-RP | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Stokes-Mayberry Gin Co., Inc. | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | King City Seed, Inc | 19 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KCP&L - Lee's Summit Fleet Maintenance Center | 19 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TNI - Charleston, MO | 76 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | N and R of Charleston LLC | 60 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tri-National, Inc | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | COUNTRY MART #3815 | 27 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Cumberland Village | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ross store 187 | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tops 32 | 7.5 TCR |
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.