Flowers merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Ball Horticultural Company
West Chicago, IL · ~713 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ball Horticultural Company runs at 76% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Flowers merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Ball Horticultural Company: 1.7 TCR = 76% of Flowers merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ball Horticultural Company safety composite
Ball Horticultural Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% 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).
75/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 92% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% 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
−0.6
2017→2024
Ball Horticultural Company injury rate improved
Ball Horticultural Company's TCR fell 0.6 from 2.2 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=2.2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424930 · West Chicago, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 76% of ind
- DART 1.0 DART
- RANK #5/15
- PHOTO Bill Doran LLC - Dal…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~713 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Bill Doran LLC - Dallas (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ball Horticultural Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ball Horticultural Company
1.7 TCR
- Bill Doran LLC
Bill Doran LLC - Dallas
1.7 TCR
- 38-42-Elk Grov
38-42-Elk Grove
1.6 TCR
- Southwest Nurs
Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC
1.6 TCR
- Vista Wholesal
Vista Wholesale Nursery, Incorporated
1.5 TCR
What this shows Ball Horticultural Company averages 1.7 TCR (76% of the Flowers merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ball Horticultural Company TCR series: 2017=2.2 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=2 · 2022=0.8 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Ball Horticultural Company falls in its industry
185 Flowers merchant wholesalers establishmentsSafer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.7.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 15 Flowers merchant wholesalers employers in Illinois.
Ball Horticultural Company has more 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424930 · IL · West Chicago
185 Flowers merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 123 employers in West Chicago, 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 | Bill Doran LLC - Dallas | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 38-42-Elk Grove | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southwest Nursery and Supply, LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vista Wholesale Nursery, Incorporated | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC - Ruby Street Plant | 714 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US - Distribution Center Network : 0005 | 715 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 7078 | 715 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | INTREN, LLC - ILLINOIS | 710 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Jel Sert Company | 830 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Amazon.com Services LLC - SIL3 | 351 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Siemens West Chicago | 342 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 530 Industrial | 330 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Service Wire Company Culloden | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Finger Lakes Ambulance EMS | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oldcastle Building Envelope | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jim Brisco Enterprises, Inc. | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Island Hospital | 713 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing Inc. | 713 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association | 713 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Diversey Inc. | 713 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.