Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Illinois
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo
Polo, IL · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo runs at 230% 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. - Polo: 5.1 TCR = 230% of Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo safety composite
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
41/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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
−0.5
2019→2022
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo injury rate improved
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo's TCR fell 0.5 from 3.4 in 2019 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 9.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=3.4 · 2021=9.0 · 2022=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Polo, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 230% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #23/43
- PHOTO Goldman Equipment, L…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Goldman Equipment, LLC - Stacy (0.0 TCR gap)
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Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo
5.1 TCR
- Goldman Equipm
Goldman Equipment, LLC - Stacy
5.1 TCR
- Sydenstricker
Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners
5.1 TCR
- Pulaski
Pulaski
5.1 TCR
- Jasper GA
Jasper GA
5 TCR
What this shows Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo averages 5.1 TCR (230% of the Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo TCR series: 2019=3.4 · 2021=9 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 2.2
Where Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo falls in its industry
700 Agricultural machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 43 Agricultural machinery and equ employers in Illinois.
Birkey'S Farm Store, Inc. - Polo 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · IL · Polo
700 Agricultural machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 5 employers in Polo, 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 | Goldman Equipment, LLC - Stacy | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sydenstricker Nobbe Partners | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pulaski | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jasper GA | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Odell Fire | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Chicago Loop Tech | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PNC inc | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Polo | 49 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Polo Rehab | 42 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Polo Fire Protection District | 24 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0681 - Austin Tx Whse | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PHS - Timber Hills | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bed Bath and Beyond Columbus OH | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | buybuy Baby Tulsa | 5.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | HFM PPC Flexible Packaging LLC | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norris Screen & Manufacturing LLC | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Longmont Regent | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Valero Houston TX - BSL | 30 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.