Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) · Indiana
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN
Ligonier, IN · ~26 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) workplace, earning a grade D.
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN: 5.4 TCR = 164% of Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN safety composite
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 14.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN: 2.5 → 14.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 14.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.6× in 2024
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN's TCR rose 11.6 from 2.5 in 2016 to 14.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311211 · Ligonier, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 164% of ind
- DART 14.1 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Miller Milling Compa…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 16 inj
- SIZE ~26 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Miller Milling Company - New Prague (0.0 TCR gap)
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Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Firebird Artis
Firebird Artisan Mills
5.5 TCR
- This site
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN
5.4 TCR
- Miller Milling
Miller Milling Company - New Prague
5.4 TCR
- Logan Mill
Logan Mill
5.3 TCR
- Bartlett Milli
Bartlett Milling Company, L.P. - Wilsons Mills
5.3 TCR
What this shows Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN averages 5.4 TCR (164% of the Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) BLS benchmark).
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=3 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=6.9 · 2022=0 · 2023=6.2 · 2024=14.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN falls in its industry
209 Flour mills, cereals grains (e establishmentsSafer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Flour mills, cereals grains (e employers in Indiana.
Star of the West Milling Co - Ligonier, IN has fewer employees than the Flour mills, cereals grains (except brea median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311211 · IN · Ligonier
209 Flour mills, cereals grains (except breakfast cereals, rice) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 21 employers in Ligonier, IN · 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 | Miller Milling Company - New Prague | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Firebird Artisan Mills | 5.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Logan Mill | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bartlett Milling Company, L.P. - Wilsons Mills | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Danville | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Whitewater Valley REMC | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Franklin(Pwr Del-IN) | 26 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Southern Indiana Power | 26 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Tenneco Automotive Operating Company | 415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ligonier Glass Plant | 410 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Silgan Plastics | 219 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ligonier | 216 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Canyon Winds Retirement LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Twilight Healthcare LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jumbo IV LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pasco WA FXFE-PAS | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Natrium products Inc | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Glassboro Courtyard | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pipe of Washington DBA POW Contracting | 26 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1251 Ave of the Americas | 26 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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