Cotton ginning · Texas

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin

Name: Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Olton, TX · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cotton ginning workplace, earning a grade C.

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin: 4.6 TCR = 102% of Cotton ginning BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin safety composite

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin: 5.4 → 8.3 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin's TCR rose 2.9 from 5.4 in 2021 to 8.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115111 · Olton, TX ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.6 · 102% of ind

DART 4.1 DART
RANK #49/95
PHOTO Farmers Coop Mill & …
BOOK 4y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Farmers Coop Mill & Elevator Association Gin (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Portland

4.7
This site

4.6
Farmers Coop M

4.6
RIH Enterprise

4.6
AgBest, LLC

4.5

What this shows Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin averages 4.6 TCR (102% of the Cotton ginning BLS benchmark).

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin TCR series: 2021=5.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=8.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin falls in its industry

194 Cotton ginning establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 95 Cotton ginning employers in Texas.

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin (22 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 27 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton Gin has fewer employees than the Cotton ginning median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2024	8.3	4.1	2
2023	4.7	4.7	1
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	5.4	5.4	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115111 · TX · Olton

194 Cotton ginning employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5 employers in Olton, TX · 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	Farmers Coop Mill & Elevator Association Gin	CARNEGIE, OK	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RIH Enterprises, Inc	BUCKEYE, AZ	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	AgBest, LLC	MUNCIE, IN	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	West Portland Gin	TAFT, TX	4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Matador Ranch	MATADOR	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wheeler Land & Livestock, LLC	WHEELER	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Diamond B Feedyard, LLC	TULIA	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Luckey Custom Feedlot, Inc.	DEVINE	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Runningwater Draw Care Center	Olton	83 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ag Producers Coop - Olton Cotton	Olton	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Skyland Grain, LLC- Olton	Olton	21 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ag Producers Coop - Olton Grain	Olton	18 FTE
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - WSD1	Sioux Falls, SD	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Federal Way	Federal Way, WA	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mwc, LLC	St. Johns, MI	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - TPA1	Ruskin, FL	4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Hampton Inn & Suites Colorado Springs-Air Force Academy-I-25 North	Colorado Springs, CO	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercury Paper, Inc. - WDC1	Winchester, VA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Williams Lumber Branch 5000	Tannersville, NY	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	GES New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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