Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Illinois

Homer

Homer, IL · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Homer runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade D.

Homer: 3.4 TCR = 156% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Homer safety composite

Homer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

Homer: 0.0 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2023

Homer's TCR rose 6.9 from 0.0 in 2021 to 6.9 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 156% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #30/53
  • PHOTO First Cooperative As…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Cooperative Association Kingsley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Homer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Homer averages 3.4 TCR (156% 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

Homer TCR series: 2021=0 · 2023=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Homer falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #30 safest of 53 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Illinois.

Homer (22 employees, TCR 3.4) 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Homer
Homer (22 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Homer has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher 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
2023 6.9 6.9 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IL · Homer

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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR First Cooperative Association Kingsley 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Missouri AgriService LLC - Marshall 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TriGen Ag Partners LLC 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH IOWA COOPERATIVE- THORNTON 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tolono Main 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anna Evergreen, LLC 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunset 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedarcrest, LLC. 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR Homer Fire Protection District 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Waterbury Career Academy HS 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lantmannen Unibake 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Semicoa 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunderland Road #151 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Royal Truck & Equipment 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morrison Sign Company, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country View Senior Living 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE MTC Kingman 22 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, 2021. 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.