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

Merschman Seeds

Name: Merschman Seeds Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Point, IA · ~51 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.0
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merschman Seeds runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Merschman Seeds: 1.0 TCR = 46% of Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merschman Seeds safety composite

Merschman Seeds scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−2.2

2017→2024

Merschman Seeds injury rate improved

Merschman Seeds's TCR fell 2.2 from 2.2 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=2.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · West Point, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #15/154
PHOTO Sakata Florida
BOOK 8y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sakata Florida (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Merschman Seeds averages 1.0 TCR (46% of the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Merschman Seeds TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=2 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Merschman Seeds falls in its industry

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

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 154 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga employers in Iowa.

Merschman Seeds (51 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Merschman Seeds 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0
2023	2.1	2.1	1
2022	2.0	2.0	1
2021	1.8	0.0	1
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	2.2	2.2	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · West Point

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 5 employers in West Point, IA · 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	Sakata Florida	FORD MYERS, FL	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HEALDSBURG	HEALDSBURG, CA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Farmers Coop Elevator co.	ARCADIA, IA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MFA Incorporated - Home Office	COLUMBIA, MO	1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Allendan Seed Company	WINTERSET	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iowa Falls Truck Wash	IOWA FALLS	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Marion Research MRN1	MARION	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GRS OSI Gen Repair Svc Wind Plt	STORY CITY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Point Care Center	West Point	53 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jones Contracting Corp.	West Point	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	West Point	West Point	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Merschman Fertilizer, LLC	West Point	21 FTE
NAT-TCR	City of Edina - Southdale Liquor Store	Edina, MN	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Painless Performance Products, LLC	Fort Worth, TX	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Excel Images	Winona, MN	1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	USA IL Rockford Nelson Boulevard Plant	Rockford, IL	1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Construction	Natick, MA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Finger Food Products, LLC	Sanborn, NY	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Lazaro Paving Corp.	Shirley, MA	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amboy Contractors, LLC	Metamora, OH	51 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.