Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Illinois

APEX

Tolono, IL · ~31 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

APEX runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

APEX: 4.0 TCR = 180% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

APEX safety composite

APEX scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−5.8

2016→2022

APEX injury rate improved

APEX's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Tolono, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #57/110
  • PHOTO Buhl
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buhl (0.0 TCR gap)

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APEX in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows APEX averages 4.0 TCR (180% of the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

APEX TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=6 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where APEX falls in its industry

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 110 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Illinois.

APEX (31 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate APEX
APEX (31 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

APEX has more employees than the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 2.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 10.9 0.0 4 0 0
2018 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IL · Tolono

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Tolono, 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 Buhl 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ashland Retail Plant 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR whittlesey #1111 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR JR Simplot Company-SGS Umatilla 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bear Creek Genetics, LLC. 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Highland 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Maschhoffs, LLC - Pittsfield Office 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Beardstown 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tolono Fire Protection District 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Area - Tolono 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monical's Pizza Tolono 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Tolono Main 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Channing House F/N 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Collins Manufacturing 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Fluorocarbon Inc 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pavestone - STLP 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Fannie Mae - Midtown Cafe 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Bassett Med Cntr Es 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Mid Michigan Clare-Hskp 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Maryknoll Sisters Ctr-Mh 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.