Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Illinois

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc.

Forrest, IL · ~26 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. runs at 427% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc.: 9.4 TCR = 427% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. safety composite

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc.: 4.1 → 14.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 14.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc.'s TCR rose 10.7 from 4.1 in 2023 to 14.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Forrest, IL ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 427% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #50/53
  • PHOTO First Cooperative As…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: First Cooperative Association Aurelia (0.1 TCR gap)

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Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. averages 9.4 TCR (427% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=14.7 · BLS 2.2

Where Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 7% 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 #50 safest of 53 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Illinois.

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 9.4) 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 Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc.
Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. (26 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Zimmerman Feed & Grain, Inc. has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher 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 14.7 3.7 4 0 0
2023 4.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IL · Forrest

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 6 employers in Forrest, 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 First Cooperative Association Aurelia 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heritage Cooperative Upper Sandusky Grain 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chappell Grain 9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gavilon Grain - New Carlisle 9.6 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 Selig Sealing Products, Inc. 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Slagel Manufacturing 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Slagel Family Meats 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zutat Feed Solutions, LLC 33 FTE
NAT-TCR Dundee Products 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Estates at Greeley 9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR August Schell Brewing Co 9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE West Valley 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wfs Charlotte 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE JR Industrial, Inc. 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Candela Systems Corporation 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. 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.