Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Illinois

Farmers Cooperative Association

Varna, IL · ~15 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Farmers Cooperative Association runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade C.

Farmers Cooperative Association: 2.4 TCR = 110% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farmers Cooperative Association safety composite

Farmers Cooperative Association scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 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%).

Farmers Cooperative Association held a steady TCR band

Farmers Cooperative Association's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=7.6 · 2021=6.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Varna, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/53
  • PHOTO Star of the West Mil…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Star of the West Milling Co - Richville, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Farmers Cooperative Association in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Farmers Cooperative Association averages 2.4 TCR (110% 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

Farmers Cooperative Association TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.6 · 2021=6.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Farmers Cooperative Association falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 53 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Illinois.

Farmers Cooperative Association (15 employees, TCR 2.4) 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 020406080 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Farmers Cooperative Association
Farmers Cooperative Association (15 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Farmers Cooperative Association has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a lower 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 6.9 6.9 1 0 0
2019 7.6 7.6 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IL · Varna

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Star of the West Milling Co - Richville, MI 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Scoular Salina 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gavilon Grain - Amarillo 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage Cooperative: Lisbon Feed and Store 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gingerich Farms Partnership 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chadco, Inc 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Illinois Electrical Coop 15 FTE
STATE-SIZE D7 Greenup Yard 15 FTE
CITY-NEAR Varna Fire & Ambulance 20 FTE
NAT-TCR CFM-FL-SEG 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Atlanta Medical Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Apples (Meister Rd) 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Midwest Locomotive 2.4 TCR

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, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.