Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing · South Dakota

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman

Name: Vermeer Corporation - Freeman Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Freeman, SD · ~87 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman safety composite

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−8.1

2016→2024

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman injury rate improved

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman's TCR fell 8.1 from 10.2 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Freeman, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK #8/14
PHOTO Air-O-Fan Products C…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 10 inj
SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air-O-Fan Products Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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Insta-Pro Inte

6.3
North Central

6.3
This site

6.2
Air-O-Fan Prod

6.2
Kimbell Gin Ma

6.2

What this shows Vermeer Corporation - Freeman averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Vermeer Corporation - Freeman falls in its industry

433 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotto establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 14 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotto employers in South Dakota.

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman (87 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Vermeer Corporation - Freeman has more employees than the Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, st median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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	2.2	2.2	2	0	0
2016	10.2	6.4	8	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · SD · Freeman

433 Balers, farm-type (e.g., cotton, hay, straw), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 9 employers in Freeman, SD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Air-O-Fan Products Corp	REEDLEY, CA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kimbell Gin Machinery	LUBBOCK, TX	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Insta-Pro International	URBANDALE, IA	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	North Central Irrigation	PLAINFIELD, WI	6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BHP - RC Service Center (SD012)	RAPID CITY	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	104423 - Deuel Harvest Wind Farm 300MW	CLEAR LAKE	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Horizontal Machining & Mfg. Inc.	HURON	87 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sioux Area Metro	SIOUX FALLS	87 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Freeman Regional Health Services	Freeman	159 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vermeer Corporation	Freeman	97 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing	Freeman	94 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Stern Oil company	Freeman	84 FTE
NAT-TCR	Madera Component Systems, Inc.	Phoenix, AZ	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	El Sol Defoe JV	Maspeth, NY	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	LPI Technical Services	Chesapeake, VA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	North Kent Base	Sand Lake, MI	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Washington Express LLC	Beltsville, MD	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Uncle Charley's Sausage	Vandergrift, PA	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Quarter Turn Resources	Ponca City, OK	87 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Building Contractors, Inc.	Carrollton, TX	87 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, 2016. 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.