farm suppply · Illinois

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 )

Charleston, IL · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) runs at 348% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical farm suppply workplace, earning a grade F.

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ): 11.8 TCR = 348% of farm suppply BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) safety composite

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ): 5.0 → 20.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 20.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.64× in 2020

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 )'s TCR rose 15.1 from 5.0 in 2018 to 20.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444220 · Charleston, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 348% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #49/55
  • PHOTO Armstrong Garden Cen…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Armstrong Garden Centers 751 (0.0 TCR gap)

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RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) averages 11.8 TCR (348% of the farm suppply BLS benchmark).

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

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) TCR series: 2018=5 · 2019=10.2 · 2020=20.2 · BLS 3.4

Where RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) falls in its industry

642 farm suppply establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 55 farm suppply employers in Illinois.

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) (37 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 )
RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) (37 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

RK-998-Charleston ( RK-998 ) has fewer employees than the farm suppply median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2020 20.2 7.6 8 0 0
2019 10.2 7.7 4 0 0
2018 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · IL · Charleston

642 farm suppply employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 41 employers in Charleston, 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 Armstrong Garden Centers 751 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bachman's Maplewood 11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 22 - Theisen's - Sparta 11.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Cottage Gardens Inc - Florida 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Curtis Orchard Ltd 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tuscola 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lewis Seed Farms, Inc. - Ursa 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Aurora Fleet Facility 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois University 2,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Charleston CUSD #1 360 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 612 300 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eastern Illinois Area of Special Education 267 FTE
NAT-TCR Progreso LMMM Houston # 27, LLC 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR WeatherStar 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Iowa Missouri 11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Weyand Food & Son 11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Redmond 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Coast Distribution center 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 039 Burnsville 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE JJ Georgia Warehouse 37 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: 2020, 2019, 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.