Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Illinois

River Valley Cooperative-Galva

Name: River Valley Cooperative-Galva Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Galva, IL · ~28 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.3
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

River Valley Cooperative-Galva runs at 377% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

River Valley Cooperative-Galva: 8.3 TCR = 377% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

River Valley Cooperative-Galva safety composite

River Valley Cooperative-Galva scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

TCR Δ

−17.2

2016→2021

River Valley Cooperative-Galva injury rate improved

River Valley Cooperative-Galva's TCR fell 17.2 from 20.4 in 2016 to 3.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 20.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=20.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Galva, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.3 · 377% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #95/110
PHOTO Garner crop location
BOOK 5y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Garner crop location (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garner crop lo

8.3
WOODBURN, OR 8

8.3
Waterman

8.3
Chromatin - Lu

8.2

What this shows River Valley Cooperative-Galva averages 8.3 TCR (377% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

River Valley Cooperative-Galva TCR series: 2016=20.4 · 2017=0 · 2019=10.9 · 2020=7 · 2021=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where River Valley Cooperative-Galva falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 110 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Illinois.

River Valley Cooperative-Galva (28 employees, TCR 8.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

River Valley Cooperative-Galva has fewer employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal 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
2021	3.2	0.0	1
2020	7.0	7.0	2
2019	10.9	3.6	3
2017	0.0	0.0	0
2016	20.4	6.8	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IL · Galva

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 11 employers in Galva, 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	Garner crop location	GARNER, IA	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WOODBURN, OR 868 N FRONT STREET	WOODBURN, OR	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Waterman	WATERMAN, IL	8.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Chromatin - Lubbock 50th	LUBBOCK, TX	8.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Elite Growers, Inc.	INGLESIDE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Charles River Avian Roanoke	ROANOKE	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience Princeton IL Research-PRI2	PRINCETON	28 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Tracy Export, Inc.	EAST DUBUQUE	28 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Galva - IL	Galva	171 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Dixline Corporation	Galva	71 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Big River Resources Galva, LLC	Galva	61 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John H. Best	Galva	37 FTE
NAT-TCR	CSS Farms - Holbrook	Holbrook, ID	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Air Mechancial & Service Corp Casselberry	Casselberry, FL	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	S.A. Comunale - Cleveland	Highland Heights, OH	8.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Celebrations! Party Rentals and Tents	Roseville, CA	8.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Willington Town Office Building	Willington, CT	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3495-11DA559	Windsor, WI	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	US 82 Fannin County	Bonham, TX	28 FTE
NAT-SIZE	St. Michael's Assisted Living	Fountain City, WI	28 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, 2017, 2016. 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.