Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers · South Dakota

Castlewood Farmers Elevator

Name: Castlewood Farmers Elevator Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Castlewood, SD · ~22 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Castlewood Farmers Elevator runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Castlewood Farmers Elevator: 6.5 TCR = 293% of Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Castlewood Farmers Elevator safety composite

Castlewood Farmers Elevator scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.3

2016→2023

Castlewood Farmers Elevator injury rate improved

Castlewood Farmers Elevator's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 293% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #12/16
PHOTO Cooperative Elevator…
BOOK 7y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location (0.0 TCR gap)

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First Cooperat

6.5
Scoular Downs

6.4
Farmers Union

6.4

What this shows Castlewood Farmers Elevator averages 6.5 TCR (293% of the Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Castlewood Farmers Elevator TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.3 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2021=9.7 · 2022=5.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Castlewood Farmers Elevator falls in its industry

399 Beans, dry, merchant wholesale establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 16 Beans, dry, merchant wholesale employers in South Dakota.

Castlewood Farmers Elevator (22 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Castlewood Farmers Elevator has fewer employees than the Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	5.3	0.0	1
2021	9.7	9.7	2
2019	9.2	9.2	2
2018	12.4	12.4	3
2017	4.3	4.3	1
2016	4.3	4.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · SD · Castlewood

399 Beans, dry, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location	RUTH, MI	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	First Cooperative Association Paullina	PAULLINA, IA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scoular Downs	DOWNS, KS	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Farmers Union Cooperative	OSSIAN, IA	6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jackrabbit Family Farms, LLC	MOUNT VERNON	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Nelson Engineering Inc.	SIOUX FALLS	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iron Horse Excavating, Inc	RAPID CITY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rapid City Office	SIOUX FALLS	22 FTE
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Laundry 5393	Miami, FL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ottumwa Regional Health Center	Ottumwa, IA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Manufacturer of Church Furniture	Grove Hill, AL	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vance Brothers - Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Lewisville	Lewisville, TX	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lexington Meter Dept	Lexington, KY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wyraw - Rawlins	Rawlins, WY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Commercial Paint Company, Inc.	Covington, LA	22 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 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.