Farm Supply Store · Tennessee

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 )

Sweetwater, TN · ~75 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) runs at 172% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm Supply Store workplace, earning a grade D.

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ): 5.8 TCR = 172% of Farm Supply Store BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) safety composite

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Rising injury rate

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ): 0.0 → 9.8 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.68× in 2023

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 )'s TCR rose 9.8 from 0.0 in 2018 to 9.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Sweetwater, TN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 172% of ind

  • DART 9.8 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO TraxFarms, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TraxFarms, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) averages 5.8 TCR (172% of the Farm Supply Store BLS benchmark).

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

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=10.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=9.8 · BLS 3.4

Where RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) falls in its industry

642 Farm Supply Store establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Tennessee alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 18 Farm Supply Store employers in Tennessee.

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) (75 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 )
RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) (75 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

RK-106-Sweetwater ( RK-106 ) has more employees than the Farm Supply Store median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 9.8 9.8 5 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 10.9 9.1 6 0 0
2019 6.5 4.8 4 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · TN · Sweetwater

642 Farm Supply Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,743 rated employers in Tennessee with headcount on file · 28 employers in Sweetwater, TN · 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 TraxFarms, Inc. 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sedro Woolley Country Store 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR A & P Nursery #4 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR RK-032-Columbus ( RK-032 ) 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation (Murfreesboro) 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chris-Hill Construction Co., LLC 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pyramid Electric, Inc. 75 FTE
STATE-SIZE J Ross Conglomerate, LLC 75 FTE
CITY-NEAR SCHOTT Gemtron Corporation 267 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 4166 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gemtron 231 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4166 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Inspired Living Ivy Ridge 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TJUH-Methodist Division 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Cottages Florence, LLC 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Rehabilitation Center at Park Place 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE RK-123-Bristol (RK-123) 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pretium Packaging - Greensboro 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Roaring River Health & Rehab 75 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minnesota Oncology - Maplewood 75 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, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.