Grass seed farming · Pennsylvania

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc

Name: Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Meadville, PA · ~79 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc runs at 210% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grass seed farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc: 9.5 TCR = 210% of Grass seed farming BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc safety composite

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc: 9.5 → 11.8 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.99× in 2023

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc's TCR rose 2.3 from 9.5 in 2021 to 11.8 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111998 · Meadville, PA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 210% of ind

DART 9.4 DART
RANK P15
PHOTO Pineland Farms Inc.
BOOK 3y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pineland Farms Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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9.8
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9.5
Pineland Farms

9.5
MATTHIAS VILLE

9.4
Double R Hop R

9.1

What this shows Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc averages 9.5 TCR (210% of the Grass seed farming BLS benchmark).

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc TCR series: 2021=9.5 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=11.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc falls in its industry

128 Grass seed farming establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc (79 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Ernst Conservation Seeds Inc has more employees than the Grass seed farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2023	11.8	9.4	10	0
2022	7.2	7.2	6	0
2021	9.5	4.7	7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111998 · PA · Meadville

128 Grass seed farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,692 rated employers in Pennsylvania with headcount on file · 107 employers in Meadville, PA · 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	Pineland Farms Inc.	NEW GLOUCHESTER, ME	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MATTHIAS VILLEGAS JR FLC	GONZALES, CA	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Olyphant, PA	OLYPHANT, PA	9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Double R Hop Ranches Inc.	HARRAH, WA	9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	John C. Leo & Son, LLC	OXFORD	79 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C.J. Mushroom Co., LLC	TOUGHKENAMON	79 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Specialty Egg	MANHEIM	79 FTE
STATE-SIZE	National Fuel Gas Distribution Erie Servicenter	ERIE	79 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Meadville Medical Center- Liberty	Meadville	939 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MEADVILLE	Meadville	508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Arc of Crawford County Inc	Meadville	471 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Meadville Operations	Meadville	458 FTE
NAT-TCR	Saputo Cheese	Lena, WI	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Staten Island U Hosp North	Staten Island, NY	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Unit #0744	Eugene, OR	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Willowbrook of Marshall	Marshall, IL	9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vintage Wine Distributor Solon	Solon, OH	79 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Caley Ridge Assisted Living	Englewood, CO	79 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Swisher Memorial Healthcare System	Tulia, TX	79 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Watertown	Watertown, CT	79 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. 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.