Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers · Nebraska

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc.

Elsie, NE · ~64 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc.: 1.6 TCR = 71% of Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. safety composite

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Elsie, NE AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 71% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/75
  • PHOTO KENTWOOD COOPERATIVE
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~64 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KENTWOOD COOPERATIVE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. averages 1.6 TCR (71% of the Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=1.1 · 2021=1.9 · 2022=3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. falls in its industry

1,202 Chemicals, agricultural, merch establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Nebraska alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 75 Chemicals, agricultural, merch employers in Nebraska.

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc.
Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. (64 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Hi-Line Cooperative, Inc. has more employees than the Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholes 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 1.9 1.9 2 0 0
2020 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2019 2.4 2.4 2 0 0
2018 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · NE · Elsie

1,202 Chemicals, agricultural, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 3,594 rated employers in Nebraska 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 KENTWOOD COOPERATIVE 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albert City 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oxford NE 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Walla Walla Agronomy/C Store 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 101780 - Nebraska Comprehensive Cancer Center 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stephens & Smith Consruction Co., Inc 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wolfe Electric Co., Inc. 64 FTE
STATE-SIZE METL-FAB, INC. 64 FTE
NAT-TCR HB Farmer Foundation 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sa2div-Ph-Sa 2 Division 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Albany, NY 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Lebanon PA 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE A & M Engineering Inc. 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Merrill Gardens at Madison 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Colonial Charlotte 64 FTE
NAT-SIZE Windward Roofing & Construction, Inc. 64 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, 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.