Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · South Dakota

Brandon

Brandon, SD · ~28 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Brandon runs at 204% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Brandon: 4.5 TCR = 204% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Brandon safety composite

Brandon scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Brandon held a steady TCR band

Brandon's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.4 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=5.8 · 2022=6.0 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Brandon, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 204% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #8/16
  • PHOTO Mauston - Townline Rd
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mauston - Townline Rd (0.0 TCR gap)

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Brandon in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Brandon averages 4.5 TCR (204% of the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Brandon TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=5.8 · 2022=6 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Brandon falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 16 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in South Dakota.

Brandon (28 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Brandon
Brandon (28 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Brandon has fewer employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 1.6 1.6 1 0 0
2022 6.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2017 4.8 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · SD · Brandon

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 18 employers in Brandon, SD · 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 Mauston - Townline Rd 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont City IL 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lindsay Farmers Coop Association 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adair Shuttle 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Basin Electric Power Cooperative - Deer Creek Station 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Black Hills Electric Cooperative 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwoods 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timmons Construction Inc. 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmen Energy Company 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marmen Energy Brandon 262 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartan - Brandon 235 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spartan Motors - Brandon 214 FTE
NAT-TCR Kimil Co 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Muxie Distributing Co. 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Food Service 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brenham 01 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Massey Services 46 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Helpers Care, Inc. dba Mosaic - High Street IRA 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grbr 56ww 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Warehouse 28 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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