Grain elevators, storage only · Illinois

Sterling Rail

Sterling, IL · ~26 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.3
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sterling Rail runs at 350% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators, storage only workplace, earning a grade F.

Sterling Rail: 20.3 TCR = 350% of Grain elevators, storage only BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sterling Rail safety composite

Sterling Rail scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 1%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

Sterling Rail: 0.0 → 10.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 71.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Sterling Rail's TCR rose 10.2 from 0.0 in 2016 to 10.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 71.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493130 · Sterling, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.3 · 350% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO A&I Products - Rock …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 48 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: A&I Products - Rock Valley WHSE (1.0 TCR gap)

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Sterling Rail in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sterling Rail averages 20.3 TCR (350% of the Grain elevators, storage only BLS benchmark).

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

Sterling Rail TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=16.7 · 2019=71.7 · 2020=35 · 2021=34.7 · 2022=9 · 2023=36.5 · 2024=10.2 · BLS 5.8

Where Sterling Rail falls in its industry

77 Grain elevators, storage only establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Grain elevators, storage only employers in Illinois.

Sterling Rail (26 employees, TCR 20.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 05001,0001,500 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Sterling Rail
Sterling Rail (26 employees, TCR 20.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 34 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Sterling Rail has fewer employees than the Grain elevators, storage only median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 10.2 0.0 3 0 0
2023 36.5 12.2 9 0 0
2022 9.0 9.0 2 0 0
2021 34.7 5.0 7 0 0
2020 35.0 13.1 7 1 0
2019 71.7 4.2 17 0 0
2018 16.7 0.0 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493130 · IL · Sterling

77 Grain elevators, storage only employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 72 employers in Sterling, 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 A&I Products - Rock Valley WHSE 21.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Island Grain 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barkley Seed Inc - Main North 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barkley Seed Inc - Main-North 11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rock River - Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hill 'N Dale Farm 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Jackson Generation 26 FTE
CITY-NEAR HALO Branded Solutions, Inc. 2,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR STIL 1,839 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wahl Clipper Corporation 1,260 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 7024 910 FTE
NAT-TCR Animal Care & Control 20.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ohio Pulp Mills Inc. 20.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-01438 20.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Shellfish Grays Harbor LLC 20.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schexnailder Sheet Metal Works, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sullivan Save-A-Lot 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Marine and Industrial Supply 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ferdinand Branch Plant 26 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.