Blending animal feed · Illinois

Highland Premix Plant

Highland, IL · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highland Premix Plant runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Blending animal feed workplace, earning a grade D.

Highland Premix Plant: 4.8 TCR = 123% of Blending animal feed BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highland Premix Plant safety composite

Highland Premix Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.3

2019→2021

Highland Premix Plant injury rate improved

Highland Premix Plant's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.7 in 2019 to 2.4 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.7 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Highland, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 123% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #25/27
  • PHOTO Quality Liquid Feeds…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Quality Liquid Feeds Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Highland Premix Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highland Premix Plant averages 4.8 TCR (123% of the Blending animal feed BLS benchmark).

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

Highland Premix Plant TCR series: 2019=5.7 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=2.4 · BLS 3.9

Where Highland Premix Plant falls in its industry

756 Blending animal feed establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #25 safest of 27 Blending animal feed employers in Illinois.

Highland Premix Plant (44 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Highland Premix Plant
Highland Premix Plant (44 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Highland Premix Plant has more employees than the Blending animal feed 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
2021 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2020 6.2 6.2 3 0 0
2019 5.7 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IL · Highland

756 Blending animal feed employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 40 employers in Highland, 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 Quality Liquid Feeds Inc 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshville Bakery Feeds 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pharmgate-Omaha 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fremont Purina Feed Mill 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Main Office 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2570-Thomasboro, IL (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative Paxton Headquarters 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Eastern Illini Elec. Coop. Paxton Heaquarters 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR HIGHLAND IL 448 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 435 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR Basler Electric Company - Highland 329 FTE
CITY-NEAR 435 292 FTE
NAT-TCR KTA Super Stores 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-MMC) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Care at Home (247-SM) 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbine Commons Health and Rehab 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tucson 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE KBXtreme 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anderson Foam Fab 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE crest haven care centre 44 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.