Soybean farming, field and seed production · Illinois

GDM Seeds, Inc

Champaign, IL · ~41 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GDM Seeds, Inc runs at 365% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Soybean farming, field and seed production workplace, earning a grade F.

GDM Seeds, Inc: 16.4 TCR = 365% of Soybean farming, field and seed production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GDM Seeds, Inc safety composite

GDM Seeds, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−49.3

2022→2024

GDM Seeds, Inc injury rate improved

GDM Seeds, Inc's TCR fell 49.3 from 49.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 49.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=49.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111110 · Champaign, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 16.4 · 365% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P6
  • PHOTO LINDAMOOD PLANTING C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~41 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LINDAMOOD PLANTING COMPANY (0.5 TCR gap)

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GDM Seeds, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GDM Seeds, Inc averages 16.4 TCR (365% of the Soybean farming, field and seed production BLS benchmark).

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

GDM Seeds, Inc TCR series: 2022=49.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where GDM Seeds, Inc falls in its industry

17 Soybean farming, field and see establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
GDM Seeds, Inc (41 employees, TCR 16.4) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 10 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 050100150200250300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, ILJack Bros., Inc.ViafieldPacific Tomato Growers, Ltd - Newport TN FarmAgri-Tech/GrainInsight FS - AntigoFischer SeedsInsight FS - JeffersonHuntsinger Farms, Inc.GDM Seeds, Inc
GDM Seeds, Inc (41 employees, TCR 16.4) among 9 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9

GDM Seeds, Inc has fewer employees than the Soybean farming, field and seed producti 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 49.3 49.3 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111110 · IL · Champaign

17 Soybean farming, field and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 200 employers in Champaign, 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 LINDAMOOD PLANTING COMPANY 16.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Davis Brothers Farms 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viafield 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. - Champaign Research - CMI1 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1987-Jerseyville, IL 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt. Carmel Public Utility Co. 41 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Jefferson County 41 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6458-CHAM 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Company 1,088 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kraft Heinz Champaign 918 FTE
CITY-NEAR College Fresh 840 FTE
NAT-TCR BlueLine Logistics 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Police & Fire Departments 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR RTNC, Inc. dba Rector Nursing and Rehab 16.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Memorial Hospital 16.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Griffith Steel Erection, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE R.N.T. Supply, Inc. 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 3873 - Menlo Park CA 41 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 2042 - East Lancaster 41 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. 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.