Farm supply stores · Illinois

South Central FS - Vandalia

Effingham, IL · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Central FS - Vandalia runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade D.

South Central FS - Vandalia: 4.6 TCR = 136% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Central FS - Vandalia safety composite

South Central FS - Vandalia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.3

2022→2024

South Central FS - Vandalia injury rate improved

South Central FS - Vandalia's TCR fell 9.3 from 9.3 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.3 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 136% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #20/55
  • PHOTO Matthews
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Matthews (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Central FS - Vandalia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Central FS - Vandalia averages 4.6 TCR (136% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).

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

South Central FS - Vandalia TCR series: 2022=9.3 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where South Central FS - Vandalia falls in its industry

642 Farm supply stores establishments

Safer than 64% 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 #20 safest of 55 Farm supply stores employers in Illinois.

South Central FS - Vandalia (20 employees, TCR 4.6) 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 South Central FS - Vandalia
South Central FS - Vandalia (20 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 5.9

South Central FS - Vandalia has fewer employees than the Farm supply stores median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 4.7 4.7 1 0 0
2022 9.3 4.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444220 · IL · Effingham

642 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 104 employers in Effingham, 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 Matthews 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Agri Supply of Statesboro 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keller 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4 Wayland 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE East Ridge 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bay Creek 4 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Deer Run 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grand View Farms, LLC. 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Anthony's Hospital, Effingham 762 FTE
CITY-NEAR HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital 582 FTE
CITY-NEAR SAE-EFFINGHAM-3 HSHS ST ANTHONY S MEMORIAL HOSP 509 FTE
CITY-NEAR Patterson Technolgy Center 456 FTE
NAT-TCR Diversified Woodcrafts, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Roark Landscaping 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cadence WI Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Parkhurst Manufacturing Co., Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Garfield Store 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blakeney 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sesolinc Grp., Inc 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Franz Bakery Springfield Division - Eureka Depot and Outlet 20 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.