Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production · Ohio
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc.
Hartville, OH · ~94 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.7
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. runs at 60% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production workplace, earning a grade B.
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc.: 2.7 TCR = 60% of Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. safety composite
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
74/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 86% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−1.7
2016→2023
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. injury rate improved
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc.'s TCR fell 1.7 from 4.3 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.3 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2023=2.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Hartville, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 60% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Garden City Harvest
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 19 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Garden City Harvest (0.0 TCR gap)
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K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Filice Farms,
Filice Farms, L.P.
2.8 TCR
- This site
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc.
2.7 TCR
- Garden City Ha
Garden City Harvest
2.7 TCR
- Legacy Growers
Legacy Growers, LLC.
2.7 TCR
- ARVIN ADMINIST
ARVIN ADMINISTRATION
2.7 TCR
What this shows K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. averages 2.7 TCR (60% of the Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production BLS benchmark).
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=2.6 · 2021=2.4 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 4.5
Where K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. falls in its industry
331 Lettuce farming, field, beddin establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Lettuce farming, field, beddin employers in Ohio.
K.W. Zellers & Son, Inc. has more employees than the Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant an median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · OH · Hartville
331 Lettuce farming, field, bedding plant and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 20 employers in Hartville, OH · 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 | Garden City Harvest | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Legacy Growers, LLC. | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ARVIN ADMINISTRATION | 2.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Filice Farms, L.P. | 2.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Scherzinger Pest Control | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AEP Energy Contact Center | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WESTERN - WEST PARK SHOP | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spieker Company | 94 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hartville Hardware | 313 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hartville Kitchen and The Shops at Hartville | 243 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GentleBrook | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LMT-Hartville, inc | 161 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Kingspan Insulated Panels Deland | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hamden Markets LLC, dba ShopRite of Hamden | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | All-Phase Electric Supply (PC0946) | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Live Turkey - Dayton VA Feed Mill | 2.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amcor Ames | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Deeter Foundry | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harbor Health Services Inc Corporate | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Onion River Cooperative, DBA City Market South End | 94 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.