Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · Ohio
Wiers Farm Inc
Willard, OH · ~347 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Wiers Farm Inc runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade D.
Wiers Farm Inc: 6.3 TCR = 140% of Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Wiers Farm Inc safety composite
Wiers Farm Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% 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).
49/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−3.2
2016→2024
Wiers Farm Inc injury rate improved
Wiers Farm Inc's TCR fell 3.2 from 7.1 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=7.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=9.0 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=5.0 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 111219 · Willard, OH ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 140% of ind
- DART 2.0 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Boutonnet Farms
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 219 inj
- SIZE ~347 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Boutonnet Farms (0.0 TCR gap)
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Wiers Farm Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Wiers Farm Inc
6.3 TCR
- Boutonnet Farm
Boutonnet Farms
6.3 TCR
- Robert Nickers
Robert Nickerson Farms, Inc.
6.3 TCR
- Fonseca & Fons
Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc.
6.3 TCR
- Harlan Family
Harlan Family Ranch
6.3 TCR
What this shows Wiers Farm Inc averages 6.3 TCR (140% of the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).
Wiers Farm Inc TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=9 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=5 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=5.7 · 2024=4 · BLS 4.5
Where Wiers Farm Inc falls in its industry
331 Vegetable and potato farming, establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Vegetable and potato farming, employers in Ohio.
Wiers Farm Inc has more employees than the Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.7 | 3.7 | 26 | 7 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 39 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
111219 · OH · Willard
331 Vegetable and potato farming, vegetable (except potato) dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 20 employers in Willard, OH · 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 | Boutonnet Farms | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Robert Nickerson Farms, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fonseca & Fonseca, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Harlan Family Ranch | 6.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Transfer Express | 347 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 2429 | 347 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1594 | 347 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1495 | 347 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MTD Products, Inc. | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MTD Products DBA Stanley Black and Decker- Willard | 1,159 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pepperidge Farm, Inc. | 770 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | LSC Communications | 720 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Blevins 04 Alexandria | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eversource - Keene | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Atlanta Kitchen Equipment, Inc. | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant | 6.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aec Rochester | 347 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | NHK of America | 347 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C. J. Coakley Co., Inc. | 347 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Abbeville County Memorial Hospital | 347 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.