Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture · South Dakota

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1

Volga, SD · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 runs at 612% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture workplace, earning a grade F.

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1: 3.1 TCR = 612% of Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 safety composite

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−6.1

2018→2021

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 injury rate improved

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1's TCR fell 6.1 from 6.1 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541711 · Volga, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.1 · 612% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO The Dow Chemical Com…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ (0.0 TCR gap)

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Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 averages 3.1 TCR (612% of the Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture BLS benchmark).

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

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 TCR series: 2018=6.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 0.5

Where Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 falls in its industry

189 Biotechnology research and dev establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 (18 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1
Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 (18 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 296 employees and a TCR of 0.8

Corteva Agriscience Brookings Research BRO1 has fewer employees than the Biotechnology research and development l median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.8. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.1 6.1 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541711 · SD · Volga

189 Biotechnology research and development laboratories or services in agriculture employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 4 employers in Volga, SD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR The Dow Chemical Company - Piscataway, NJ 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAS Clinton, WI 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michelin Americas Research Center - Laurens Proving Grounds - MARC LPG 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marine Biological Laboratory 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE ABS Global - Sioux Falls 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plains Utilities & Excavating 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prairie AquaTech dba Houdek 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Roscoe 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Volga 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie AquaTech Manufacturing, LLC dba Houdek Manufacturing 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Volga, SD - Industrial Drive 20 FTE
NAT-TCR 626 - Santa Rosa 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Synergy Power Group LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Employment Options 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites Charlotte Airport 3.1 TCR

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: 2021, 2018. 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.