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
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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.

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge: 2.8 TCR = 129% of Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge safety composite

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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%).

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge held a steady TCR band

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Kenbridge, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO Whitesville Branch
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Whitesville Branch (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge averages 2.8 TCR (129% of the Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.1 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge falls in its industry

1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Garden supplies (e.g., fertili employers in Virginia.

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge
Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge (44 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Pennington Seed Distribution - Kenbridge has more 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 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

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · VA · Kenbridge

1,202 Garden supplies (e.g., fertilizers, pesticides) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 7 employers in Kenbridge, VA · 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 Whitesville Branch 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leroy Branch 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Claiborne Farmers Co-op 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Salem - Mill Street Grain & Agronomy 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC CHESTER 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Electric Commission 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS VA Culpeper 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avis Construction Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Virginia Marble Manufacturers, Inc. 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Three Rivers Treatment Center 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kenbridge Construction Co., Inc. 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Global Refining Group, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Bridges Bay Resort 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR GMI KC Mill 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TOTAL MECHANICAL, Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development (10) 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Snavely's Mill, Inc. - Lititz, PA 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilmar Lumber Inc. 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refrigeration Systems Construction & Service, Inc 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Houston Mykawa 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.