Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · South Dakota

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy

Bowdle, SD · ~25 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy runs at 340% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy: 7.5 TCR = 340% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy safety composite

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−28.5

2018→2022

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy injury rate improved

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy's TCR fell 28.5 from 28.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 28.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=28.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Bowdle, SD ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 340% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/16
  • PHOTO Philip
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Philip (0.1 TCR gap)

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West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy averages 7.5 TCR (340% of the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy TCR series: 2018=28.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.8 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 16 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in South Dakota.

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy (25 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy
West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy (25 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

West Bowdle Grain/Agronomy has fewer employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 28.5 11.4 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · SD · Bowdle

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota 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 Philip 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH IOWA COOPERATIVE- PORTLAND 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rushville Elevator Corporate Office 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gavilon Grain - Red Rock (St Paul, MN) 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Aberdeen Building 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Moreau-Grand Electric Cooperative, Inc. 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huff Construction Inc. (Corporate Office Setting) 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Prunty Construction Company, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-TCR NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.), Inc. - Irvine, Ca 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Tanglewood Oaks 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RK-058-Gallipolis ( RK-058 ) 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Plainfield, IN 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Farmers Pride - Battle Creek 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tyler #3 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE PM Pediatrics-Turnersville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tricont Trucking Company 25 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.