Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Ashland Retail Plant

Ashland, IL · ~22 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

Ashland Retail Plant runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ashland Retail Plant: 4.0 TCR = 180% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland Retail Plant safety composite

Ashland Retail Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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%).

Ashland Retail Plant held a steady TCR band

Ashland Retail Plant's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=5.0 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 180% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #58/110
  • PHOTO APEX
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: APEX (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ashland Retail Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ashland Retail Plant averages 4.0 TCR (180% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ashland Retail Plant TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=5 · 2020=11.1 · 2021=5.5 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ashland Retail Plant falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 44% 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 #58 safest of 110 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Illinois.

Ashland Retail Plant (22 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 Ashland Retail Plant
Ashland Retail Plant (22 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ashland Retail Plant has fewer employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal 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 5.5 5.5 1 0 0
2020 11.1 5.5 2 0 0
2019 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 6.2 6.2 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IL · Ashland

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 APEX 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buhl 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Slater 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR whittlesey #1111 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prentice Elevator 22 FTE
NAT-TCR 9277-680 Cb Misc Pm 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 3495-11DA513 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SDF3 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 284218-Kcmo Po 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Colorado Hazard Control South Office 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hajoca Corporation - 740 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holzer Therapy and Wellness 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Obermeyer Agri Group, Inc. 22 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.