Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Illinois

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill

Watson, IL · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill: 2.8 TCR = 72% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill safety composite

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−5.7

2021→2024

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill injury rate improved

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill's TCR fell 5.7 from 8.4 in 2021 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Watson, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 72% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #15/27
  • PHOTO Amick Farms, LLC MS …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amick Farms, LLC MS Feedmill (0.0 TCR gap)

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South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill averages 2.8 TCR (72% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill TCR series: 2021=8.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.9

Where South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 27 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Illinois.

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill (30 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill
South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill (30 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

South Central FS - Watson Feed Mill has fewer employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a lower 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 8.4 8.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IL · Watson

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 Amick Farms, LLC MS Feedmill 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hubbard Feeds Inc 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cashton Farm Supply, LTD 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shawano Feed/Energy 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Odell Fire 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Northern N - IL Common Ops 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chicago Loop Tech 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spoon River Electric Cooperative, Inc. 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR Watson Fire Protection District 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Sun Grown Organic Distributors, Inc 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Amick Farms, LLC MS Feedmill 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hunke Manufacturing LLC 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Nazareth Education Ssf 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gow Mac Instrument Co 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE United Towing & Transport St. Louis 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Victoria STLB 30 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.