Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers · Alabama
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman
Cullman, AL · ~29 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 1.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman: 1.9 TCR = 88% of Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman safety composite
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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)
- B 1.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 78% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 9.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.69× in 2023
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman's TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424910 · Cullman, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 88% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #4/12
- PHOTO Forshaw Inc
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~29 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Forshaw Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman
1.9 TCR
- Forshaw Inc
Forshaw Inc
1.9 TCR
- SiteOne Landsc
SiteOne Landscape Supply #186
1.9 TCR
- Malden
Malden
1.9 TCR
- Sparta Coopera
Sparta Cooperative Services
1.9 TCR
What this shows Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman averages 1.9 TCR (88% of the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=9.4 · 2023=3.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman falls in its industry
1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili establishmentsSafer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 12 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili employers in Alabama.
Pennington Seed Distribution - Cullman has fewer employees than the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pest 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424910 · AL · Cullman
1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 98 employers in Cullman, AL · 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 | Forshaw Inc | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SiteOne Landscape Supply #186 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Malden | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sparta Cooperative Services | 1.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Grand Bay | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mid Star Wood Haulers | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oak Grove - APC | 29 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gardendale Crew Headquarters - APC | 29 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cullman | 1,589 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 6006 | 1,060 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 6006 | 1,049 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rehau Auto Cullman | 1,008 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Grand Junction Ready Mix Concrete | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hoffman Estates | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CGO30320 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TX015 | 1.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Global III | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Altus Industries II Inc | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southern States Jarrettsville Petroleum Service | 29 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Anheuser-Busch | 29 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.