Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers · Illinois

Sycamore Main

Sycamore, IL · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Sycamore Main runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.

Sycamore Main: 1.6 TCR = 74% of Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sycamore Main safety composite

Sycamore Main scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−4.8

2016→2024

Sycamore Main injury rate improved

Sycamore Main's TCR fell 4.8 from 6.8 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=2.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Sycamore, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 74% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/53
  • PHOTO Scoular Coolidge
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scoular Coolidge (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sycamore Main in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sycamore Main averages 1.6 TCR (74% of the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sycamore Main TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.9 · 2024=2 · BLS 2.2

Where Sycamore Main falls in its industry

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 53 Grain and Field Bean Merchant employers in Illinois.

Sycamore Main (45 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sycamore Main
Sycamore Main (45 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Sycamore Main has more employees than the Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesaler median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 2.0 0.0 1 0 0
2023 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 6.8 2.3 3 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IL · Sycamore

399 Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 44 employers in Sycamore, 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 Scoular Coolidge 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bartlett Grain Company, L.P. (ATC) 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Andersons Grain Maumee 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Groveland 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1982.1-Stonington, IL-Mfg (Monsanto Co.) 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Farmer City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE 91P - Distribution Operating - Decatur 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN ILLINOIS - Sparta 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR DeKalb County Government 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adient-AS-Sycamore Facility-00209 402 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sycamore 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Suter Company, Inc. 335 FTE
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #845 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Oklahoma City Hilton Garden Inn 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Milford Plant 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pierre 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grand Junction - BMD 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delanco - BMD 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 45 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, 2017, 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.