Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Michigan

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location

Ruth, MI · ~23 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location runs at 294% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location: 6.5 TCR = 294% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location safety composite

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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%).

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location held a steady TCR band

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.2 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.2 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=13.6 · 2024=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Ruth, MI ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 294% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO First Cooperative As…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Cooperative Association Paullina (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location averages 6.5 TCR (294% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=8.1 · 2018=8.3 · 2019=8.1 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=7.8 · 2022=0 · 2023=13.6 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Michigan.

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location (23 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location
Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location (23 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Cooperative Elevator Co.-Ruth location has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2024 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2023 13.6 13.6 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.8 3.9 1 1 0
2020 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2019 8.1 8.1 2 0 0
2018 8.3 4.2 2 0 0
2017 8.1 8.1 2 0 0
2016 4.2 4.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · MI · Ruth

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan 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 First Cooperative Association Paullina 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Castlewood Farmers Elevator 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gavilon Grain - Nebraska City 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scoular Downs 6.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Black Gold Farms - MIS 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Casey Woodwyk, Inc. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE John Schuring, Jr. Company 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atwood Timber and Lumber 23 FTE
NAT-TCR Montrose Co 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Clary Lumber Company, Inc. 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0086 Las Vegas 6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chapel Pointe at Carlisle 6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Circle Graphics 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cardi's Furniture Wareham 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE MFA Agri Service - Glasgow 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kiel Thomson Company 23 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, 2017, 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.