Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers · Tennessee
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location
Lexington, TN · ~48 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location: 2.6 TCR = 119% of Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location safety composite
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.09 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% 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
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location: 0.0 → 9.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 9.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2021
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location's TCR rose 9.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424910 · Lexington, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 119% of ind
- DART 3.1 DART
- RANK #21/59
- PHOTO Bomgaars Supply,Inc.…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~48 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sioux Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location
2.6 TCR
- Bomgaars Suppl
Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sioux Center
2.6 TCR
- Bomgaars Suppl
Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Parsons
2.6 TCR
- SGS Retail - F
SGS Retail - Five Points
2.6 TCR
- Aurora Coopera
Aurora Cooperative - Kearney Agronomy
2.6 TCR
What this shows First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location averages 2.6 TCR (119% of the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.3 · BLS 2.2
Where First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location falls in its industry
1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili establishmentsSafer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 59 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili employers in Tennessee.
First Farmers/ Main-Lexington Location has more employees than the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pest median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424910 · TN · Lexington
1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 35 employers in Lexington, TN · 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 | Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sioux Center | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Parsons | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SGS Retail - Five Points | 2.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Aurora Cooperative - Kearney Agronomy | 2.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Bolivar Energy Authority | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Electric Department | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Jefferson Cocke County Utility District | 48 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chattanooga Service Center | 48 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 9722 | 502 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adient | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FRS | 334 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 684 | 330 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Wenger Manufacturing Galena | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Swire Coca-Cola of Walla Walla | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bed Bath and Beyond Frankfort | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | R & S Track Maintenance, INC | 2.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Owensboro Grain Edible Oils | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mike Krebbs Construction | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kastner Automotive Inc dba Kastner Honda | 48 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | J.R. Prisco, Inc. | 48 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.