Industry profile · NAICS 111110

Soybean farming, field and seed production

Workplace injury rates across 26 OSHA-reporting establishments in this industry, 2016–2024. Average TCR uses the 17 establishments with a credible rate.

26
Employers
6.3
Avg TCR (rated)
4.5
BLS benchmark
140
Injuries (all)

TCR, interpreted

Above average

6.3 avg TCR

The industry picture

The 17 rated employers in Soybean farming, field and seed production average 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 workers, 1.4 times the BLS national benchmark of 4.5.

6.3
avg TCR · rated subset
4.5
BLS national benchmark
17
rated employers
140
recordable injuries (all)

ITA inventory (26) and injury totals cover every reporting establishment; the average TCR is the rated subset only. Corpus rank matches /rankings/most-dangerous-industries (≥100 rated employers). BLS IIF is a separate survey population, see Methodology → Three Populations.

What Soybean farming, field and seed production Safety Data Reveals

The Soybean farming, field and seed production sector (NAICS 111110) encompasses 26 distinct employer establishments currently reporting to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Across this cohort, workers have logged 140 recordable injuries during the 2016–2024 reporting window. The industry-weighted average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 6.3 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year is computed on the 17 establishments with a credible rate (see methodology). Because OSHA's ITA mandates submission from establishments with 250+ employees plus all high-hazard industries at 20+ employees, this dataset represents a structural slice of U.S. workplace risk rather than a voluntary sample.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a separate national benchmark TCR of 4.5 for this NAICS code, derived from the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Comparing the two, the ITA-reported rate of 6.3 is higher than the BLS benchmark, a gap that typically widens when the industry contains many large, high-exposure establishments required to file ITA reports. Employers in the table below are sorted so you can see how far individual establishments deviate from both the industry average and the national benchmark.

The practical value of industry-level safety data is threefold. First, jobseekers can gauge whether a prospective employer is better or worse than its industry peers, not just absolute injury counts, which tilt toward larger payrolls. Second, insurers and workers' compensation carriers use sector TCR as a baseline for experience-modification adjustments. Third, safety professionals benchmark their own programs against the cohort median. Use the grade-sorted employer list below to identify specific establishments within Soybean farming, field and seed production that outperform or underperform the sector average, and click through to each record for year-by-year injury, illness, and fatality breakdowns.

Employers in this industry, by injury rate

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EmployerLocationGradeAvg TCR
Lindamood Planting CompanyTiptonville, TNF16.9
GDM Seeds, IncChampaign, ILF16.4
Davis Brothers FarmsBardwell, KYD8.9
Mid East Production LLCTiffin, OHD8.4
ViafieldCharles City, IAD7.4
Fischer SeedsShelbyville, IND5.4
Agri-Tech/GrainChippewa Falls, WIC5.1
Illinois Crop Improvement Association, Inc.Champaign, ILC5.1
GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IAAnkeny, IAC4.9
GDM Seeds, Inc - Gibson City, ILGibson City, ILC4.5
Huntsinger Farms, Inc.Eau Claire, WIC4.5
PikevillePikeville, NCC4.4
Steyer Seeds LLCTiffin, OHC4.0
Jack Bros., Inc.Brawley, CAB3.5
Insight FS - JeffersonJefferson, WIB3.0
Pacific Tomato Growers, Ltd - Newport TN FarmNewport, TNB2.9
Insight FS - AntigoAntigo, WIB2.5
GDM Seeds, Inc - Hutchinson, MNHutchinson, MNC0.0
GDM Seeds, Inc - Jonesboro, ARJonesboro, ARC0.0
Riverside Fuqua Farms LLCSpringfield, TNC0.0
Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, IncUrsa, ILC0.0
Madhava Honey Ltd & Subsidiaries dba MadhavaBoulder, COC0.0
827 - Barton Entertainment Co., LLCPoughquag, NYC0.0
Performance Insulation - Executive OfficeTigard, ORC0.0
Strickland Farms, Inc.Mount Olive, NCC0.0
DAS Pontiac, ILPontiac, ILC0.0

Nationwide industries with similar injury rates or employer scale

Two PlainSafetyScore-derived peer sets for Soybean farming, field and seed production: nearest NAICS cohorts by rated-subset average TCR and by OSHA-reporting employer inventory. These are cross-industry neighborhoods, not the employer list above.

Similar average TCR

Nearest industries by rated-subset Total Case Rate (6.3 here).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Soybean farming, field and seed production?

Across 17 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Soybean farming, field and seed production averages 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.5.

How does Soybean farming, field and seed production compare with other industries nationally?

Soybean farming, field and seed production has fewer than 100 rated employers, below the case-volume floor for the national industry ranking.

How many employers report in Soybean farming, field and seed production?

26 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 17 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.

Data sourced from official public datasets, PlainSafetyScore's OSHA ITA / BLS-based industry database (2016-2024). Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore. See our methodology for details.

Working in Soybean farming, field and seed production?

This sector averages 6.3 against a BLS benchmark of 4.5 - but individual employers span the full A-to-F range.

Sector figures use the credible-subset mean across reporting employers; a benchmark is not any single establishment's measured rate.

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.

Soybean farming, field and seed production Safety FAQ

What is the average injury rate (TCR) in Soybean farming, field and seed production?

Across 17 OSHA-reporting establishments with a credible rate, Soybean farming, field and seed production averages 6.3 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers per year (Total Case Rate, 2016-2024). The BLS national benchmark for this NAICS code is 4.5.

How does Soybean farming, field and seed production compare with other industries nationally?

Soybean farming, field and seed production has fewer than 100 rated employers, below the case-volume floor for the national industry ranking.

How many employers report in Soybean farming, field and seed production?

26 establishments report to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application under this NAICS code, of which 17 have a credible enough filing history to carry a rated average TCR.