Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens

Name: Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Athens, AL · ~48 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.4
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens: 2.4 TCR = 109% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens safety composite

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2021

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens injury rate improved

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.0 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Athens, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 109% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #6/12
PHOTO Bomgaars Supply,Inc.…
BOOK 6y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sherman (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens averages 2.4 TCR (109% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 12 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Alabama.

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens (48 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Limestone Farmers Cooperative Athens has more employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal 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
2021	2.1	2.1	1
2020	4.2	2.1	2
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	4.1	2.1	2
2016	4.0	2.0	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · AL · Athens

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 57 employers in Athens, AL · 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	Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sherman	SHERMAN, TX	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	24269	SIKESTON, MO	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GROWMARK FS LLC - LEWISTOWN	MILFORDLEWISTOWN, PA	2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	East Findlay, Main Office	FINDLAY, OH	2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Elkmont GP Egg Depot	ELKMONT	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Division Auburn Office	AUBURN	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C & I Enclousres	BESSEMER	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JOHNSONKREIS Construction	BIRMINGHAM	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Steelcase - Athens	Athens	757 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant	Athens	457 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 661	Athens	428 FTE
CITY-NEAR	661	Athens	382 FTE
NAT-TCR	Graduate Lincoln	Lincoln, NE	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Jacks Gratiot	Saginaw, MI	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Morsco Supply Co. #1007	Houston, TX	2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Headquarters	Davenport, IA	2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rescue Inc	Brattleboro, VT	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Circle Graphics - Richmond DBA World Art Group	Richmond, VA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Society of lane county, Inc. Lindholm	Eugene, OR	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	American Spotting Company of Missouri	St. Louis, MO	48 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.