Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Oregon

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC

Hermiston, OR · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC: 1.0 TCR = 21% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC safety composite

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.9

2022→2024

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC injury rate improved

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Hermiston, OR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/21
  • PHOTO Pennington Seed - Se…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pennington Seed - Seed Processing Lebanon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC averages 1.0 TCR (21% of the Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

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

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC TCR series: 2022=2.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 21 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Oregon.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC (65 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC (65 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, INC has fewer employees than the Seed processing, post-harvest for propag median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.9 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · OR · Hermiston

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 65 employers in Hermiston, OR · 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 Pennington Seed - Seed Processing Lebanon 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitestown, IN 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kihei, HI - Piilani 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Sunflower, LLC Huron 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bonanza 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holiday Tree Farms, Inc. 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE OR-Salem 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Meili Construction Co., Inc. 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6037 919 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6037 818 FTE
CITY-NEAR HERMISTON OR 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mj's Labor Services Inc. 507 FTE
NAT-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation US UT Vineyard S Geneva Rd (3970) 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pfeiffer Vacuum, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR West Texas Utility Contractors, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Trad's Pest Control 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ice Qube, Inc 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pointe Frontier 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shreveport Plant 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orange PKG Broadway 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.