Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers · Alabama

SunSouth Dothan

Dothan, AL · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SunSouth Dothan runs at 695% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

SunSouth Dothan: 15.3 TCR = 695% of Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SunSouth Dothan safety composite

SunSouth Dothan scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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).

F

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−1.0

2019→2024

SunSouth Dothan injury rate improved

SunSouth Dothan's TCR fell 1.0 from 11.7 in 2019 to 10.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 21.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.7 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=21.4 · 2022=21.4 · 2023=16.0 · 2024=10.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Dothan, AL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.3 · 695% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #12/12
  • PHOTO Birkey's Farm Store,…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Annawan (0.2 TCR gap)

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SunSouth Dothan in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SunSouth Dothan averages 15.3 TCR (695% of the Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

SunSouth Dothan TCR series: 2019=11.7 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=21.4 · 2022=21.4 · 2023=16 · 2024=10.7 · BLS 2.2

Where SunSouth Dothan falls in its industry

700 Tractors, farm and garden, mer establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 12 Tractors, farm and garden, mer employers in Alabama.

SunSouth Dothan (20 employees, TCR 15.3) 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 0100200300 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SunSouth Dothan
SunSouth Dothan (20 employees, TCR 15.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

SunSouth Dothan has fewer employees than the Tractors, farm and garden, merchant whol median and a higher 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
2024 10.7 5.3 2 0 0
2023 16.0 0.0 3 0 0
2022 21.4 0.0 4 0 0
2021 21.4 0.0 4 0 0
2020 10.7 5.3 2 0 0
2019 11.7 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · AL · Dothan

700 Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 183 employers in Dothan, AL · 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 Birkey's Farm Store, Inc. - Annawan 15.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR True North Equipment Warren 15.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR L&L Sales & Service, Inc. 14.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Laurens 16.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ranburne 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woerner Farms LLC - BON 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Hatchery 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR DSI SECURITY SERVICES CORPORATE 2,918 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dothan Plant 1,233 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dothan processing plant 1,140 FTE
CITY-NEAR 604 362 FTE
NAT-TCR Laurels of Fulton 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Lynnwood 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsides Baldwin Park 15.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Mnroc - Rochester 15.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arete Industries 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE MH Dubuque 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concord Auto Parts Corp 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dilley Graphics Inc. 20 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.