Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Illinois

Galton

Arcola, IL · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Galton runs at 410% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Galton: 9.0 TCR = 410% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Galton safety composite

Galton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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

18/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

Galton: 9.7 → 11.4 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 16.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.26× in 2024

Galton's TCR rose 1.7 from 9.7 in 2016 to 11.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Arcola, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 410% of ind

  • DART 11.4 DART
  • RANK #98/110
  • PHOTO Southern States Russ…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern States Russellville Coop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Galton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Galton averages 9.0 TCR (410% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Galton TCR series: 2016=9.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=8.4 · 2022=16.5 · 2023=8.2 · 2024=11.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Galton falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #98 safest of 110 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Illinois.

Galton (23 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Galton
Galton (23 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Galton has fewer employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 11.4 11.4 3 0 0
2023 8.2 8.2 2 0 0
2022 16.5 8.2 4 0 0
2021 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 9.7 6.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IL · Arcola

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Arcola, 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 Southern States Russellville Coop 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Herman Mega Plant 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BWS 1303 SCHULENBURG 9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Marshfield 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oak Grove 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eagle Point Farms, LLC. 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mendota Office 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nokomis Area Fire Protection District 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Libman Company 651 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herff Jones Cap and Gowns Arcola 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR Herff Jones - Arcola 263 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arcola Health Care 78 FTE
NAT-TCR Kemper House Highland Heights 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Jetco Machine and Fabrication, LLC. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Saputo Cheese_Waupun 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Center Processing Plant 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE PnP Portland South 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plum Thickett Mult Sow -Est 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gill Building Corporation dba Renaissance Builders 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ritter Communications - Harrison 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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