Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers · Alabama

SunSouth Samson

Samson, AL · ~19 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SunSouth Samson runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

SunSouth Samson: 4.2 TCR = 191% of Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SunSouth Samson safety composite

SunSouth Samson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−9.2

2019→2024

SunSouth Samson injury rate improved

SunSouth Samson's TCR fell 9.2 from 9.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=9.2 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 191% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/12
  • PHOTO Three Rivers
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Three Rivers (0.0 TCR gap)

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SunSouth Samson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SunSouth Samson averages 4.2 TCR (191% 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 Samson TCR series: 2019=9.2 · 2020=5.3 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where SunSouth Samson falls in its industry

700 Tractors, farm and garden, mer establishments

Safer than 50% 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 #7 safest of 12 Tractors, farm and garden, mer employers in Alabama.

SunSouth Samson (19 employees, TCR 4.2) 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate SunSouth Samson
SunSouth Samson (19 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

SunSouth Samson 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.3 0.0 1 0 0
2019 9.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · AL · Samson

700 Tractors, farm and garden, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 3 employers in Samson, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Three Rivers 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Avoca 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TNT Equipment Inc 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S&H Lockwood 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Selma 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Selma Operations Center 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hughes Companies, Inc. 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pine City Contractors, LLC 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR Olam Peanut Shelling Company-Samson 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR OFI Samson 91 FTE
NAT-TCR Supermercados Morelos - Atip Corp 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Allendale Biomass LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 1836 - Cedar Hill 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lewistown 4.2 TCR

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.