Sod farming · Illinois

Central Sod Farms, Inc

Plainfield, IL · ~64 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Sod Farms, Inc runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sod farming workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Sod Farms, Inc: 6.8 TCR = 151% of Sod farming BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Sod Farms, Inc safety composite

Central Sod Farms, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−1.6

2020→2024

Central Sod Farms, Inc injury rate improved

Central Sod Farms, Inc's TCR fell 1.6 from 7.0 in 2020 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.0 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111421 · Plainfield, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.8 · 151% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO Flower World Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Flower World Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Sod Farms, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Sod Farms, Inc averages 6.8 TCR (151% of the Sod farming BLS benchmark).

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

Central Sod Farms, Inc TCR series: 2020=7 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 4.5

Where Central Sod Farms, Inc falls in its industry

386 Sod farming establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Sod farming employers in Illinois.

Central Sod Farms, Inc (64 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Sod Farms, Inc
Central Sod Farms, Inc (64 employees, TCR 6.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Central Sod Farms, Inc has more employees than the Sod farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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 5.4 1.8 3 0 0
2023 6.4 3.2 4 0 0
2022 6.7 3.4 4 0 0
2021 8.4 5.1 5 0 0
2020 7.0 5.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111421 · IL · Plainfield

386 Sod farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 84 employers in Plainfield, IL · 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 Flower World Inc 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village Nurseries Steele Valley Yard 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR North American Plants, Inc 6.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belmont Nursery Inc 6.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Central Sod 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nashville 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alliance Contractors Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anthony Roofing Tecta America, LLC 64 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5038 404 FTE
CITY-NEAR KBI/Pentair Commercial Services 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ken's Beverage Inc. 367 FTE
CITY-NEAR Meijer Store 214 272 FTE
NAT-TCR Salina Presbyterian Manor 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Greenville Sc 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ShopRite of Scarsdale 6.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Punta Gorda Isles 6.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Cutting Edge Forestry Inc. 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Solar Atmospheres of Western PA 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Connect Training and Logistics 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victoria Gardens of Frisco 64 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, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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