Farm supply stores · Illinois
Southern FS Inc.
Marion, IL · ~316 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Southern FS Inc. runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade D.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.4
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 19
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Southern FS Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Southern FS Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.4 industry benchmark.
Where Southern FS Inc. falls in its industry
737 Farm supply stores establishmentsSafer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Farm supply stores employers in Illinois.
Southern FS Inc. has an average TCR of 6.1, which is 180% of the industry average (3.4) for Farm supply stores. This is worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Southern FS Inc.
Between 2022 and 2024, Southern FS Inc.'s Total Case Rate worsened from 5.5 to 6.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 17% increase across 2 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 5.5, while 2024 saw the highest rate, at 6.5, a spread of 1.0 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 3 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Southern FS Inc. recorded 19 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Southern FS Inc.'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 444240 - Farm supply stores.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
3 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 216,141 hours worked = 2.78 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Southern FS Inc. (this establishment) | 6.13 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Illinois state avg (all industries) | 4.73 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Southern FS Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 8 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 2 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Southern FS Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its Farm supply stores peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 180% of the Farm supply stores benchmark, Southern FS Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
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Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.