Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers · Texas

South Plains Implement, Ltd

Lubbock, TX · ~336 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Plains Implement, Ltd runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

South Plains Implement, Ltd: 3.0 TCR = 136% of Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Plains Implement, Ltd safety composite

South Plains Implement, Ltd scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

2022→2023

South Plains Implement, Ltd injury rate improved

South Plains Implement, Ltd's TCR fell 1.3 from 3.6 in 2022 to 2.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.6 · 2023=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Lubbock, TX ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 136% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #8/21
  • PHOTO Elder Ag and Turf Eq…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~336 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elder Ag and Turf Equipment Co Stoneboro (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Plains Implement, Ltd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Plains Implement, Ltd averages 3.0 TCR (136% of the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

South Plains Implement, Ltd TCR series: 2022=3.6 · 2023=2.3 · BLS 2.2

Where South Plains Implement, Ltd falls in its industry

700 Planting machinery and equipme establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 21 Planting machinery and equipme employers in Texas.

South Plains Implement, Ltd (336 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Plains Implement, Ltd
South Plains Implement, Ltd (336 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

South Plains Implement, Ltd has more employees than the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-t median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2023 2.3 1.8 8 0 0
2022 3.6 3.3 11 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · TX · Lubbock

700 Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 482 employers in Lubbock, TX · 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 Elder Ag and Turf Equipment Co Stoneboro 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edgerton 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont Store 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Crystal River FL 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Legacy Reserves Operating, LP 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Navigation Facility ENN7 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rich Products Brownsville 336 FTE
STATE-SIZE ACS Manufacturing Denison, Texas 336 FTE
CITY-NEAR A01 Covenant Medical Center 3,178 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2004-20049000 2,269 FTE
CITY-NEAR FALCON HEALTHCARE INC DBA INTERIM HEALTHCARE 2,046 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covenant Health System 1,761 FTE
NAT-TCR M & B Asphalt Co., Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Sun Chemical St. Charles 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Warren Controls 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Plant 42 Bentonville 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 55440 MetroAccess 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marc Glassman Inc 98CW 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Foods Greensburg 336 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shearer's Foods - Brewster 336 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.