Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · Nebraska

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol

Wausa, NE · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol: 0.9 TCR = 42% of Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol safety composite

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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).

B

76/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−3.7

2016→2023

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol injury rate improved

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol's TCR fell 3.7 from 3.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Wausa, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/75
  • PHOTO Dixon, IL (Greenfiel…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dixon, IL (Greenfield) IL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol averages 0.9 TCR (42% of the Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol falls in its industry

1,202 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 94% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 75 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesa employers in Nebraska.

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol (22 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol
Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol (22 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Wausa Fertilizer/Cardtrol has fewer employees than the Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.7 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · NE · Wausa

1,202 Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 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 Dixon, IL (Greenfield) IL 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGS Retail - Ballico 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Taylor Terminal (Agronomy) 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Pioneer Johnston Campus - JH33 Reid 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Raikes Farm 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE JSMM Farms Spalding 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE MPM Dairy West LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mt Echo 22 FTE
NAT-TCR North Georgia Tire 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Dixon, IL (Greenfield) IL 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR OR.TIGAR.11 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Texas Best Block - Dalb1 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Quincy Office Liquid Plant & Chemical 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harrisburg Feed 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Twomey Healdsburg 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ernest-Spencer Custom Coatings 22 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, 2017, 2016. 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.