Bale throwers manufacturing · Illinois

Innovative Growers Equipment

Name: Innovative Growers Equipment Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Sycamore, IL · ~83 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Innovative Growers Equipment runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bale throwers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Innovative Growers Equipment: 3.2 TCR = 97% of Bale throwers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Innovative Growers Equipment safety composite

Innovative Growers Equipment scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% 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

Innovative Growers Equipment: 0.0 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2021

Innovative Growers Equipment's TCR rose 6.4 from 0.0 in 2018 to 6.4 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Sycamore, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 97% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #14/37
PHOTO John Deere Morrisvil…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: John Deere Morrisville Engineering Lab (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Innovative Growers Equipment averages 3.2 TCR (97% of the Bale throwers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Innovative Growers Equipment TCR series: 2018=0 · 2021=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Innovative Growers Equipment falls in its industry

433 Bale throwers manufacturing establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 37 Bale throwers manufacturing employers in Illinois.

Innovative Growers Equipment (83 employees, TCR 3.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Innovative Growers Equipment has more employees than the Bale throwers manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2021	6.4	1.4	9	0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IL · Sycamore

433 Bale throwers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sycamore, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	John Deere Morrisville Engineering Lab	MORRISVILLE, NC	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Insta-Pro International	GRIMES, IA	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waverly NE - Irrigation	WAVERLY, NE	3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	McCook NE - Irrigation	MCCOOK, NE	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Jo-Carroll Energy - Elizabeth	ELIZABETH	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	86 - Walsh Federal, LLC	CHICAGO	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Herlihy Mid-Continent Co.	ROMEOVILLE	83 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clark Roofing Co.	BROADVIEW	83 FTE
CITY-NEAR	DeKalb County Government	Sycamore	583 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adient-AS-Sycamore Facility-00209	Sycamore	402 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Sycamore	Sycamore	386 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Suter Company, Inc.	Sycamore	335 FTE
NAT-TCR	49261d - Manteca Dc	Manteca, CA	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ohio CAT - Troy HE	Troy, OH	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metal Tech	Sparks, NV	3.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	NMC Group Omaha Rental	Omaha, NE	3.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	LL-Woodhaven CSC	Philadelphia, PA	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	49511e - Oahu Zone	Waipahu, HI	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Osmundson Mfg Co	Perry, IA	83 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Asplundh Tree Expert LLC-092	Ironton, OH	83 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, 2018. 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.