Planting crops · South Dakota

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc.

Madison, SD · ~32 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Planting crops workplace, earning a grade A.

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc.: 2.0 TCR = 46% of Planting crops BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. safety composite

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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%).

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Madison, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.0 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Davis Research
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Davis Research (0.0 TCR gap)

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Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. averages 2.0 TCR (46% of the Planting crops BLS benchmark).

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

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. TCR series: 2022=3 · 2023=0 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Planting crops establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Planting crops employers in South Dakota.

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Red Horse Seed Production, Inc.
Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. (32 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Red Horse Seed Production, Inc. has fewer employees than the Planting crops median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.2 0.0 0 1 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · SD · Madison

221 Planting crops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 26 employers in Madison, SD · 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 Davis Research 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agri-Stor Company 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Royal Packing Salinas 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Syar Family Vineyards 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Madison Greenhouse LLC 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dylbrook 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Howard Farmers Coop Assn 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bath 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manitou Equipment America LLC - Madison 274 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madison Community Hospital d/b/a/ Madison Regional Health System 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Madison Community Hospital d/b/a Madison Regional Health System 256 FTE
CITY-NEAR Manitou Group Madison SD 247 FTE
NAT-TCR Lunar Distribution, LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookfield Properties - Cleveland Office (OH-80) 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR LSNI-NC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Ploger Transportation 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Specialty Fabricators, LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pro Shield Cladding Contractors LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Production Solutions International LLC 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE VW Tooling Systems, Inc. 32 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.