Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) · Nebraska

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc.

Plattsmouth, NE · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. runs at 137% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) workplace, earning a grade D.

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc.: 6.2 TCR = 137% of Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. safety composite

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

−2.5

2016→2018

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. injury rate improved

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 5.5 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.5 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Plattsmouth, NE ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 137% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #5/7
  • PHOTO Central Counties Coo…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Counties Cooperative (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. averages 6.2 TCR (137% of the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS benchmark).

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

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=10.1 · 2018=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. falls in its industry

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

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 7 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. employers in Nebraska.

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc.
Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. (31 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. has fewer employees than the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 10.1 10.1 3 0 0
2016 5.5 2.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · NE · Plattsmouth

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska with headcount on file · 12 employers in Plattsmouth, NE · 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 Central Counties Cooperative 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Renteria Vineyard Management 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Morada Farming Co, LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR GAR BENNETT LLC 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms, LLC Minden, NE 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE CSS Farms - Minden 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Elkhorn River Farms 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oshkosh Heifer Development 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Plattsmouth - Main Store 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR OFC/Schmidt Liquid Trucking 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schmidt Transportation Inc. 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR OFC Development Corp 95 FTE
NAT-TCR Pembroke Construction Co. Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Shopko Hometown #748 (Pipestone, MN) 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR M Cubed Delaware 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Usmc- E Mess 27269 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Safety Administration/Accident Tracking 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Hometown #611 (St Peter, MN) 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leaf River Ag Service 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Hometown #744 (Roseau, MN) 31 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.