Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Illinois

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC

Alpha, IL · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC: 1.9 TCR = 88% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC safety composite

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC held a steady TCR band

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC's TCR held near 0.0 from 3.9 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.9 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Alpha, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 88% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #26/110
  • PHOTO Wilson County Farm S…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wilson County Farm Supply (0.0 TCR gap)

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GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC averages 1.9 TCR (88% 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

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC TCR series: 2020=3.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 79% 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 #26 safest of 110 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Illinois.

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC (27 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC
GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC (27 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

GROWMARK, Inc Alpha DC has fewer employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a lower 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
2023 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.9 3.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IL · Alpha

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 3 employers in Alpha, 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 Wilson County Farm Supply 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yuma CO 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arlington Agronomy 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Pioneer Johnston Campus - JH30 Krug 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pizzo Native Plant Nursery, LLC 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE C070 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stonington, IL-R&D 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bloomington 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR GROWMARK INC. 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gold Star FS, Inc. Woodhull 18 FTE
NAT-TCR First City Holdings , Inc. 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 106 Harbor Dr Jersey City NJ 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Material Transfer Company 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR SEFA Transportation (St. George) 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Twinings North America, Inc. 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pellet Tech - York 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colledgewood Inc 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE UAPC Norfolk 27 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.