Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Arkansas

Wheatley Grain Dryer

Wheatley, AR · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wheatley Grain Dryer runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

Wheatley Grain Dryer: 8.6 TCR = 390% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wheatley Grain Dryer safety composite

Wheatley Grain Dryer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Wheatley Grain Dryer: 5.9 → 11.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 11.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.87× in 2018

Wheatley Grain Dryer's TCR rose 5.3 from 5.9 in 2016 to 11.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Wheatley, AR ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 390% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO South Whitley Ag Cen…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Whitley Ag Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wheatley Grain Dryer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wheatley Grain Dryer averages 8.6 TCR (390% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Wheatley Grain Dryer TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2018=11.3 · BLS 2.2

Where Wheatley Grain Dryer falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arkansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Arkansas.

Wheatley Grain Dryer (24 employees, TCR 8.6) 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 Wheatley Grain Dryer
Wheatley Grain Dryer (24 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Wheatley Grain Dryer has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra 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
2018 11.3 7.5 3 0 0
2016 5.9 3.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · AR · Wheatley

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 4,393 rated employers in Arkansas 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 South Whitley Ag Center 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Revillo Farmers Elevator 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmers Cooperative Association - Baxter Springs 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morrill Plant 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Peco Foods Inc-Live Haul 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Taylor Gin Co 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE AECI - Dell Power Plant 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Producers Rice Mill, Inc. Stuttgart Construction 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wheatley Grain Drier 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Road Gear Trucking Equipment 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Staples FC 4682 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Flower City Rochester 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Enterprise Rent-A-Car 5571 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Plant 1 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Galax Grants Supermarket 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Harlow's Bus Sales - Bismarck 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE RRG RTC P93 Alvarado 24 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: 2018, 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.