Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg

Name: Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Galesburg, IL · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg: 6.5 TCR = 293% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg safety composite

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg: 0.0 → 6.1 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 13.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.47× in 2022

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg's TCR rose 6.1 from 0.0 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Galesburg, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 293% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #31/43
PHOTO Imperial Sprinkler S…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Imperial Sprinkler Supply, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg averages 6.5 TCR (293% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg TCR series: 2019=0 · 2021=13.3 · 2022=6.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg falls in its industry

700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 43 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in Illinois.

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg (28 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Galesburg has fewer employees than the Agricultural machinery and equipment mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2022	6.1	3.0	2
2021	13.3	3.3	4
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · IL · Galesburg

700 Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 81 employers in Galesburg, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Imperial Sprinkler Supply, Inc	ANAHEIM, CA	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scott City, MO	SCOTT CITY, MO	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alliance Tractor, LLC. - Newton, IL.	NEWTON, IL	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Alliance Tractor, LLC. - Vincennes, IN.	VINCENNES, IN	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Elite Growers, Inc.	INGLESIDE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charles River Avian Roanoke	ROANOKE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tracy Export, Inc.	EAST DUBUQUE	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Galesburg CUSD #205	Galesburg	688 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Saint Mary Medical Center	Galesburg	584 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Knox College	Galesburg	475 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 775	Galesburg	373 FTE
NAT-TCR	0484 - Orem Ut Whse	Orem, UT	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Attachments Division	New Holstein, WI	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hartel's Disposal Waste Collection	Proctor, MN	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Library Square VLC	West Allis, WI	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Las Brisas	San Luis Obispo, CA	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Park Plaza	Walla Walla, WA	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tri-State Power Plant Craig CO - BSL	Craig, CO	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rolling Hills Ranch	Omaha, NE	28 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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