Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing · Illinois

Precision Planting Morton

Morton, IL · ~115 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Precision Planting Morton runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Precision Planting Morton: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Precision Planting Morton safety composite

Precision Planting Morton scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

−1.3

2016→2020

Precision Planting Morton injury rate improved

Precision Planting Morton's TCR fell 1.3 from 5.0 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.16× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Morton, IL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #23/37
  • PHOTO Summers Manufacturin…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Summers Manufacturing Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Precision Planting Morton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Precision Planting Morton averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Precision Planting Morton TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=5.2 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Precision Planting Morton falls in its industry

433 Planting machines, farm-type, establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 37 Planting machines, farm-type, employers in Illinois.

Precision Planting Morton (115 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Precision Planting Morton
Precision Planting Morton (115 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Precision Planting Morton has more employees than the Planting machines, farm-type, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2020 3.8 0.8 5 0 0
2019 5.7 4.1 7 0 0
2018 3.2 0.8 4 0 0
2017 5.2 4.2 5 0 0
2016 5.0 2.0 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IL · Morton

433 Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 93 employers in Morton, IL · 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 Summers Manufacturing Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brandtjen & Kluge, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hammer Haag Steel Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crenlo Engineered Cabs 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Novak Construction Company 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE MTH Industries 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE Installation Professionals 115 FTE
STATE-SIZE EMCOR Services Team Mechanical 115 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Parts Distribution Center 1,662 FTE
CITY-NEAR Matcor Metal Fabrication Morton 426 FTE
CITY-NEAR Morton Industries LLC 349 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5157 294 FTE
NAT-TCR Spencer Hospital 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Rick Case Honda (Euclid) 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Marian Home 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Moncks Corner 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE General Dynamics NASSCO Bremerton 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Federal Cartridge Company 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Recycling Plant 115 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holland Mgmt - RC1 Dover 115 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: 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.