Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers · Virginia

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge

Kenbridge, VA · ~44 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.8
avg TCR · per 100 workers
2.2
industry benchmark (BLS)
9
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's OSHA Total Case Rate of 2.8 to the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark of 2.2 (129% of benchmark) across 8 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.2 industry benchmark.

-5051015 20162017201820192020202120222023 02.2 Industry benchmarkPennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 424910.

Where Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge falls in its industry

1,442 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 18 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili employers in Virginia.

Trend analysis for Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge

Between 2016 and 2023, Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's Total Case Rate held roughly steady from 0.0 to 0.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 0% change across 7 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 0.0, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 13.3, a spread of 13.3 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 8 reporting years, Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge recorded 9 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 8-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 9 injuries shown on this page for Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge are sourced from its own 8 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 424910 - Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2023)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

0 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 50,149 hours worked = 0.00 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge (this establishment) 2.84 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 8-year avg
Farm Supplies industry avg 2.20 BLS IIF, NAICS 424910
Virginia state avg (all industries) 4.16 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 13.3 13.3 5 0 0
2020 7.1 4.8 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's reported OSHA injury record versus its Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 129% of the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers benchmark, Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's safety grade?
Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge has a safety grade of D (Poor Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 2.8 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 2.2 for Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers.
How many injuries has Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge reported?
Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge has reported 9 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 8 years of OSHA data (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.