Farm supply stores · Wisconsin

Theisen's of Sparta

Sparta, WI · ~44 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Theisen's of Sparta runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Theisen's of Sparta: 5.6 TCR = 164% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Theisen's of Sparta safety composite

Theisen's of Sparta scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 69% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2019→2023

Theisen's of Sparta injury rate improved

Theisen's of Sparta's TCR fell 8.2 from 11.4 in 2019 to 3.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452319 · Sparta, WI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 164% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #17/53
  • PHOTO Theisen's of Cedar R…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Theisen's of Cedar Rapids SW (0.0 TCR gap)

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Theisen's of Sparta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Theisen's of Sparta averages 5.6 TCR (164% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

Theisen's of Sparta TCR series: 2019=11.4 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=6.4 · 2022=3.2 · 2023=3.2 · BLS 3.4

Where Theisen's of Sparta falls in its industry

1,513 Farm supply stores establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Wisconsin alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 53 Farm supply stores employers in Wisconsin.

Theisen's of Sparta (44 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Theisen's of Sparta
Theisen's of Sparta (44 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 24 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Theisen's of Sparta has more employees than the Farm supply stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2022 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.4 6.4 2 0 0
2020 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2019 11.4 7.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452319 · WI · Sparta

1,513 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,834 rated employers in Wisconsin with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sparta, WI · 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 Theisen's of Cedar Rapids SW 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 1447 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-00531 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4186-05067 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Crave Brothers Farm 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Holsum Elm Dairy 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Milwaukee South Shore 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE ARC Contracting of Wisconsin Inc 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sparta Area School District 587 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mathews Archery, Inc 345 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northern Engraving Corporation 321 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plant Four 307 FTE
NAT-TCR Theisen's of Cedar Rapids SW 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Water Rower 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR DeKalb County Government 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Vaden Distribution Center 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Fort Wayne 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE ReArch Company 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Benjamin Steel Co-Lima 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE LSG Sky Chefs - 1692 - Retail 44 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.