Chemical treatment of soil for crops · South Dakota

Howard Farmers Coop Assn

Howard, SD · ~32 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Howard Farmers Coop Assn runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Chemical treatment of soil for crops workplace, earning a grade F.

Howard Farmers Coop Assn: 12.5 TCR = 278% of Chemical treatment of soil for crops BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Howard Farmers Coop Assn safety composite

Howard Farmers Coop Assn scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

Howard Farmers Coop Assn: 12.1 → 12.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Howard Farmers Coop Assn's TCR rose 0.8 from 12.1 in 2022 to 12.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Howard, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.5 · 278% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/7
  • PHOTO Korbel Vineyards
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Korbel Vineyards (0.1 TCR gap)

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Howard Farmers Coop Assn in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Howard Farmers Coop Assn averages 12.5 TCR (278% of the Chemical treatment of soil for crops BLS benchmark).

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

Howard Farmers Coop Assn TCR series: 2022=12.1 · 2024=12.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Howard Farmers Coop Assn falls in its industry

221 Chemical treatment of soil for establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Chemical treatment of soil for employers in South Dakota.

Howard Farmers Coop Assn (32 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Howard Farmers Coop Assn
Howard Farmers Coop Assn (32 employees, TCR 12.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Howard Farmers Coop Assn has fewer employees than the Chemical treatment of soil for crops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2024 12.9 0.0 4 0 0
2022 12.1 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · SD · Howard

221 Chemical treatment of soil for crops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 5 employers in Howard, SD · 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 Korbel Vineyards 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nissen Vineyard Services Inc. 12.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stemilt Ag Services (Mattawa East) 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chaparral Applicators Inc 12.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Madison Greenhouse LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dylbrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bath 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR PBM Graphics - SD 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society Howard 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Howard Farmers Coop 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Whispering Winds Senior Living 18 FTE
NAT-TCR Bowling Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Legacy House of Spanish Fork 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Suburban Disposal Corporation 12.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 5711 ROF Pico Rivera 12.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Winds Office 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Bridge Company - 422110 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hampton Inn & Suites 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ppcc LLC 32 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, 2022. 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.