Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production · Ohio

Schlessman Seed Co

Milan, OH · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Schlessman Seed Co runs at 62% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production workplace, earning a grade B.

Schlessman Seed Co: 2.8 TCR = 62% of Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schlessman Seed Co safety composite

Schlessman Seed Co scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−4.2

2016→2024

Schlessman Seed Co injury rate improved

Schlessman Seed Co's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=4.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111150 · Milan, OH AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 62% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P61
  • PHOTO J&J Cattle Co
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J&J Cattle Co (0.1 TCR gap)

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Schlessman Seed Co in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schlessman Seed Co averages 2.8 TCR (62% of the Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production BLS benchmark).

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

Schlessman Seed Co TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=4.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Schlessman Seed Co falls in its industry

33 Corn farming (except sweet cor establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Schlessman Seed Co (23 employees, TCR 2.8) among 22 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 23 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Schlessman Seed Co
Schlessman Seed Co (23 employees, TCR 2.8) among 22 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Schlessman Seed Co has fewer employees than the Corn farming (except sweet corn), field median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 4.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 4.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111150 · OH · Milan

33 Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 15 employers in Milan, OH · 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 J&J Cattle Co 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Conservation Farms Ranches 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beck's Neoga 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crownover Farms dba Lone Star Family Farms 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MID EAST PRODUCTION LLC 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE LCN Holdings Inc dba Lake County Nursery 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Idyl Wild Farm 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Freudenberg-NOK 269 FTE
CITY-NEAR CertainTeed - Avery 198 FTE
CITY-NEAR CertainTeed LLC 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR Milan 117 FTE
NAT-TCR Radley Staffing 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR ABS Graphics, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MEI Kansas City 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bedford Park 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Whallon Machinery Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Duo Plumbing & Heating Corp 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woody Butts, Inc. 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Factory location 23 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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