Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers · Ohio

Livingston Seed

Name: Livingston Seed Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Columbus, OH · ~44 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Livingston Seed runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Livingston Seed: 2.5 TCR = 112% of Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Livingston Seed safety composite

Livingston Seed scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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

−2.0

2016→2019

Livingston Seed injury rate improved

Livingston Seed's TCR fell 2.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Columbus, OH ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 112% of ind

DART 1.1 DART
RANK #15/35
PHOTO Southern States Owen…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern States Owenton Coop (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Livingston Seed averages 2.5 TCR (112% of the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Livingston Seed TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=0 · 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Livingston Seed falls in its industry

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 35 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga employers in Ohio.

Livingston Seed (44 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Livingston Seed has more employees than the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merc 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
2019	2.1	1.1	2
2018	3.5	3.5	1
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	4.2	4.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · OH · Columbus

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 1,500 employers in Columbus, OH · 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	Southern States Owenton Coop	OWENTON, KY	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sakata Morgan Hill	MORGAN HILL, CA	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bowbells Agronomy (DAP)	BOWBELLS, ND	2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ursa	URSA, IL	2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	D.T.S.S. Inc.	SPENCERVILLE	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	New Day Farms - Croton	JOHNSTOWN	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Licking Rural Electricfication	UTICA	44 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Columbus SE Service Center	COLUMBUS	44 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus	13,367 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Nationwide Children's Hospital Main Campus	Columbus	10,116 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Riverside Methodist Hospital	Columbus	9,759 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : CMH1	Columbus	5,057 FTE
NAT-TCR	Mosaic Waco	Waco, TX	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	REN096 Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	field work	Lindsay, CA	2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Independence Village of Peoria	Peoria, IL	2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Tops 32	Sanborn, NY	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AHD	Greenville, SC	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Laticrete - Grand Prairie	Grand Prairie, TX	44 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southeast Unloading - Richmond	Richmond, VA	44 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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