Flowers merchant wholesalers · Illinois

38-42-Elk Grove

Elk Grove Village, IL · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

38-42-Elk Grove runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Flowers merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

38-42-Elk Grove: 1.6 TCR = 74% of Flowers merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

38-42-Elk Grove safety composite

38-42-Elk Grove scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

38-42-Elk Grove: 0.0 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2018

38-42-Elk Grove's TCR rose 4.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424930 · Elk Grove Village, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/15
  • PHOTO BALL HORTICULTURAL C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY (0.0 TCR gap)

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38-42-Elk Grove in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 38-42-Elk Grove averages 1.6 TCR (74% of the Flowers merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

38-42-Elk Grove TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=4.9 · BLS 2.2

Where 38-42-Elk Grove falls in its industry

185 Flowers merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 15 Flowers merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.

38-42-Elk Grove (21 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 38-42-Elk Grove
38-42-Elk Grove (21 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 5.7

38-42-Elk Grove has fewer employees than the Flowers merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.7. 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 4.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424930 · IL · Elk Grove Village

185 Flowers merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 274 employers in Elk Grove Village, IL · 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 BALL HORTICULTURAL COMPANY 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bill Doran LLC - Dallas 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vista Wholesale Nursery, Incorporated 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Frank W. Lewis & Son Seed FArms, Inc 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE RAVENS LIVESTOCK & FARMS INC 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bushnell 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE 21st Century Sow Farm 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR creative werks, LLC 3,317 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1855-ILARL008 2,154 FTE
CITY-NEAR Harvard Maintenance Inc. of Illinois 1,937 FTE
CITY-NEAR ILARL008 ASCENSION HEALTH ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER 1,712 FTE
NAT-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert LLC.- 657 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TSTI Newton 1550 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Altru Yorhom South Campus 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield 4394 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Hospitality Linen Service 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Georgia Ear Nose and Throat 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE SJC Home Health - Hinesville 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Save A Lot #156 21 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.