Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials · Missouri

Verdesian Life Sciences

Cape Girardeau, MO · ~110 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Verdesian Life Sciences runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade B.

Verdesian Life Sciences: 2.5 TCR = 76% of Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Verdesian Life Sciences safety composite

Verdesian Life Sciences scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.52 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 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

−4.9

2022→2024

Verdesian Life Sciences injury rate improved

Verdesian Life Sciences's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.9 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Cape Girardeau, MO AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 76% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Harrell's Coatings S…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Harrell's Coatings Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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Verdesian Life Sciences in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Verdesian Life Sciences averages 2.5 TCR (76% of the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials BLS benchmark).

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

Verdesian Life Sciences TCR series: 2022=4.9 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Verdesian Life Sciences falls in its industry

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Missouri alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl employers in Missouri.

Verdesian Life Sciences (110 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Verdesian Life Sciences
Verdesian Life Sciences (110 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Verdesian Life Sciences has more employees than the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 2.7 2.7 3 0 0
2022 4.9 3.5 5 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · MO · Cape Girardeau

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,075 rated employers in Missouri with headcount on file · 117 employers in Cape Girardeau, MO · 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 Harrell's Coatings Solutions 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR MICHIGAN PEAT - RETAIL PLANT 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GFW 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCSC Sebring Plant 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Johnson County Egg Farm 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE RTS Water Solutions 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-St. Louis 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE IWR North America 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Francis Medical Center 2,822 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southeast Hospital 1,434 FTE
CITY-NEAR Procter and Gamble Cape Girardeau Plant 1,111 FTE
CITY-NEAR Isle Casino Cape Girardeau 527 FTE
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - ATL CARGO 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Delta Air Lines - LIT 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR AJM Packaging - Southgate 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Living - Llanfair 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eagle Railcar Services - Wichita Falls, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE RepcoLite Paints, LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Siskiyou County Health & Human Services Agency - SSD 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carrollwood Care Center 110 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.