Detasseling corn · Florida

Midwest Detasseling, LLC

Winter Haven, FL · ~183 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Midwest Detasseling, LLC runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Detasseling corn workplace, earning a grade A.

Midwest Detasseling, LLC: 1.4 TCR = 30% of Detasseling corn BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Midwest Detasseling, LLC safety composite

Midwest Detasseling, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.1

2016→2018

Midwest Detasseling, LLC injury rate improved

Midwest Detasseling, LLC's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Winter Haven, FL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P82
  • PHOTO Braga Ranch El Centro
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~183 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Braga Ranch El Centro (0.0 TCR gap)

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Midwest Detasseling, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Midwest Detasseling, LLC averages 1.4 TCR (30% of the Detasseling corn BLS benchmark).

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

Midwest Detasseling, LLC TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Midwest Detasseling, LLC falls in its industry

221 Detasseling corn establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Midwest Detasseling, LLC (183 employees, TCR 1.4) 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 Midwest Detasseling, LLC
Midwest Detasseling, LLC (183 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Midwest Detasseling, LLC has more employees than the Detasseling corn median and a lower 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.1 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · FL · Winter Haven

221 Detasseling corn employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 26,569 rated employers in Florida with headcount on file · 128 employers in Winter Haven, FL · 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 Braga Ranch El Centro 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR A FARMER SERVICE CORP 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Treson Ag Inc. 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sandvik Alachua 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE Santa Sweets, Inc. PLANT CITY, FL 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2421 183 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2261 LOWE S OF S. NAPLES FL 183 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winter Haven Hospital, Inc. (6100) 2,652 FTE
CITY-NEAR LEGOLAND Florida Resort 1,424 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6071 897 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6071 860 FTE
NAT-TCR Splish Splash Waterpark 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR WSMTN - Spectrum-Mountain Region 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR S. P. Richards Company 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nestle Itasca 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Camillus Health Center 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE II - Central Islip CDC/CSC 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE DLP Services, LLC 183 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sales - Section 22 - Alpharetta, GA 183 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.