Potato farming, field and seed potato production · Wisconsin

Rhinelander Ag Research

Rhinelander, WI · ~29 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rhinelander Ag Research runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Potato farming, field and seed potato production workplace, earning a grade B.

Rhinelander Ag Research: 2.5 TCR = 55% of Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rhinelander Ag Research safety composite

Rhinelander Ag Research scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 54% 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

−3.8

2016→2023

Rhinelander Ag Research injury rate improved

Rhinelander Ag Research's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.8 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=7.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111211 · Rhinelander, WI AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 55% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Black Gold Farms Cha…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Black Gold Farms Charleston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rhinelander Ag Research in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rhinelander Ag Research averages 2.5 TCR (55% of the Potato farming, field and seed potato production BLS benchmark).

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

Rhinelander Ag Research TCR series: 2016=3.8 · 2017=3.6 · 2018=7.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Rhinelander Ag Research falls in its industry

153 Potato farming, field and seed establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Potato farming, field and seed employers in Wisconsin.

Rhinelander Ag Research (29 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rhinelander Ag Research
Rhinelander Ag Research (29 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Rhinelander Ag Research has fewer employees than the Potato farming, field and seed potato pr median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.4 7.4 2 0 0
2017 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111211 · WI · Rhinelander

153 Potato farming, field and seed potato production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 52 employers in Rhinelander, WI · 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 Black Gold Farms Charleston 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kitchen Farms, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sweet Potato Packing House 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Black Gold Farms - LAD 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Habelman Bros. Company - Millston 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Evergreen Nursery Company, Inc. 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Majestic View Dairy 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pagel's Ponderosa Cropping LLC 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4538-9301 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rhinelander Mill 462 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-WIAPP006 448 FTE
NAT-TCR Warrenton Fiber Company 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Seneca Companies, INC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR M. Raess & Son Trucking LLC 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR SKF USA Inc. - Hanover 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE SNL Distribution Services Corp-Miami 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frankfort 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clearwater Pipeline, Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eclipse Advantage - DOLLARRWA - Ridgefield, WA 29 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, 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.