Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials · Georgia

Pennington Seed - GroTec I

Eatonton, GA · ~139 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pennington Seed - GroTec I runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade C.

Pennington Seed - GroTec I: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pennington Seed - GroTec I safety composite

Pennington Seed - GroTec I scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−6.9

2016→2024

Pennington Seed - GroTec I injury rate improved

Pennington Seed - GroTec I's TCR fell 6.9 from 7.9 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.9 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Eatonton, GA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO The Scotts Company -…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~139 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Scotts Company - Independence (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pennington Seed - GroTec I in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pennington Seed - GroTec I averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials BLS benchmark).

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

Pennington Seed - GroTec I TCR series: 2016=7.9 · 2017=1.2 · 2018=5.3 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0.8 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Pennington Seed - GroTec I falls in its industry

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl employers in Georgia.

Pennington Seed - GroTec I (139 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pennington Seed - GroTec I
Pennington Seed - GroTec I (139 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Pennington Seed - GroTec I has more employees than the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2024 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 0.7 5 0 0
2020 3.8 1.5 5 0 0
2019 4.1 0.8 5 0 0
2018 5.3 1.5 6 1 0
2017 1.2 0.0 2 0 0
2016 7.9 1.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · GA · Eatonton

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 26 employers in Eatonton, GA · 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 The Scotts Company - Independence 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morral Companies - Caledonia Facility 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Fertilizer Co., Inc 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Atlas Organics CU03 LLC 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Birdsong Colquitt, Georgia 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Roof Depot, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alta Refrigeration, Inc. 139 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cumming Packaged 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bluestem Brands dba Haband 304 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5482 237 FTE
CITY-NEAR 5482 206 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sawmill 134 FTE
NAT-TCR Batesville Casket Doll Plant 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Paramus #636 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Cumberland 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kraft Heinz Food Company 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mountain Transport 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holdrege Memorial Homes 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE PRD, Inc 139 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillside 3 139 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, 2016. 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.