Denatured alcohol manufacturing · Illinois

Big River Resources Galva, LLC

Galva, IL · ~61 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Big River Resources Galva, LLC runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Big River Resources Galva, LLC: 3.2 TCR = 96% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Big River Resources Galva, LLC safety composite

Big River Resources Galva, LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

Big River Resources Galva, LLC: 0.0 → 1.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Big River Resources Galva, LLC's TCR rose 1.6 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 9.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Galva, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 96% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO POET Biorefining - L…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: POET Biorefining - Leipsic LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Big River Resources Galva, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Big River Resources Galva, LLC averages 3.2 TCR (96% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Big River Resources Galva, LLC TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Big River Resources Galva, LLC falls in its industry

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in Illinois.

Big River Resources Galva, LLC (61 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Big River Resources Galva, LLC
Big River Resources Galva, LLC (61 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Big River Resources Galva, LLC has more employees than the Denatured alcohol manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.8 3.2 3 0 0
2020 6.5 3.3 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 9.5 3.2 5 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IL · Galva

228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Galva, 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 POET Biorefining - Leipsic LLC 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont Plant 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Absolute Energy, L.L.C. 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Siouxland Energy Cooperative 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Goodmark Nurseries LLC 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2505-Mason City, IL (Monsanto Co.) 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Springfield 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Gas Tech - Engineering 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galva - IL 171 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dixline Corporation 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR John H. Best 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR CYE Galva 30 FTE
NAT-TCR Austin Powder Appalachia LLC - Norton 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pitsch Companies 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Donahues Greenhouse 3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Butte Service Center 3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE McKeesport Service Center 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE LOVESHAW 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tomorrow's Children Inc 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE XWK 61 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.