Crossties, treating · Illinois

Koppers Galesburg

Galesburg, IL · ~71 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Koppers Galesburg runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Crossties, treating workplace, earning a grade D.

Koppers Galesburg: 5.3 TCR = 159% of Crossties, treating BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koppers Galesburg safety composite

Koppers Galesburg scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−4.1

2016→2024

Koppers Galesburg injury rate improved

Koppers Galesburg's TCR fell 4.1 from 8.4 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321114 · Galesburg, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 159% of ind

  • DART 4.3 DART
  • RANK #1/4
  • PHOTO C.M. Tucker Lumber C…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 38 inj
  • SIZE ~71 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: C.M. Tucker Lumber Companies, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koppers Galesburg in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koppers Galesburg averages 5.3 TCR (159% of the Crossties, treating BLS benchmark).

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

Koppers Galesburg TCR series: 2016=8.4 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=6.4 · 2021=6 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Koppers Galesburg falls in its industry

183 Crossties, treating establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Crossties, treating employers in Illinois.

Koppers Galesburg (71 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 050100150 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Koppers Galesburg
Koppers Galesburg (71 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Koppers Galesburg has more employees than the Crossties, treating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 4.3 4.3 4 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 3 0 0
2021 6.0 2.4 5 0 0
2020 6.4 3.9 4 1 0
2019 8.3 2.8 6 0 0
2018 5.6 4.2 4 0 0
2017 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2016 8.4 7.4 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321114 · IL · Galesburg

183 Crossties, treating employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 81 employers in Galesburg, 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 C.M. Tucker Lumber Companies, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4505 - Valley Treating Plant 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LV-SB-LOUISVILLE 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR UFP Stockertown, LLC. 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dwight, IL 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6697_16861 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Menold Construction, Inc 71 FTE
STATE-SIZE Contegra Enterprises 71 FTE
CITY-NEAR Galesburg CUSD #205 688 FTE
CITY-NEAR Saint Mary Medical Center 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knox College 475 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 775 373 FTE
NAT-TCR Goodwill Oldsmar SS 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North East MD Truss 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkview 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Indiana Coated Fabrics 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lincoln County Egg Farm 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Selma 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE J. E. Johnson Inc. 71 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minneapolis - BMD 71 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, 2017, 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.