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

Western Organics

Tempe, AZ · ~166 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Western Organics runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials workplace, earning a grade D.

Western Organics: 4.8 TCR = 147% of Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Organics safety composite

Western Organics scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Western Organics: 4.5 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2024

Western Organics's TCR rose 0.8 from 4.5 in 2021 to 5.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325314 · Tempe, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 147% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK P29
  • PHOTO Basin Fertilizer/Store
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Basin Fertilizer/Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Western Organics in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Western Organics averages 4.8 TCR (147% 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

Western Organics TCR series: 2021=4.5 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Western Organics falls in its industry

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in pl establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Western Organics (166 employees, TCR 4.8) 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 Western Organics
Western Organics (166 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Western Organics has more employees than the Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not m median and a higher 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 5.2 5.2 8 0 0
2021 4.5 1.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325314 · AZ · Tempe

163 Fertilizers, mixed, made in plants not manufacturing fertilizer materials employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 569 employers in Tempe, AZ · 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 Basin Fertilizer/Store 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kentucky Fertlizer, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bulloch Fertilizer Co., Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FoxFarm Pendleton 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE K2 Electric llc. 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Office/Shops/Yard 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-1082 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE 660-00023 166 FTE
CITY-NEAR SALT RIVER PROJECT DISTRICT VALLEY 4,655 FTE
CITY-NEAR 202376 4,627 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valley Plants and Offices 4,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR IES Communications, LLC 3,432 FTE
NAT-TCR 8020238 PGW Berea 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 5609 - LL Dayton Central 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tristate Truck Center, LLC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Impact Fire - San Antonio 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE LAZ Parking Northwest, LLC 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3638-M 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schumann Printers, Inc. 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oxford Operator 166 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, 2021. 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.