Seed processing, postharvest for propagation · Iowa

2162-Grinnell, IA

Grinnell, IA · ~98 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2162-Grinnell, IA runs at 10% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, postharvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

2162-Grinnell, IA: 0.4 TCR = 10% of Seed processing, postharvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2162-Grinnell, IA safety composite

2162-Grinnell, IA scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

2162-Grinnell, IA: 0.0 → 0.9 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 0.9 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2017

2162-Grinnell, IA's TCR rose 0.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.9 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Grinnell, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.4 · 10% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #4/44
  • PHOTO Headland GP Shelling…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~98 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Headland GP Shelling Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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2162-Grinnell, IA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2162-Grinnell, IA averages 0.4 TCR (10% of the Seed processing, postharvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

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

2162-Grinnell, IA TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0.9 · BLS 4.5

Where 2162-Grinnell, IA falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, postharvest f establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 44 Seed processing, postharvest f employers in Iowa.

2162-Grinnell, IA (98 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 2162-Grinnell, IA
2162-Grinnell, IA (98 employees, TCR 0.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

2162-Grinnell, IA has more employees than the Seed processing, postharvest for propaga 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
2017 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Grinnell

666 Seed processing, postharvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grinnell, IA · 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 Headland GP Shelling Plant 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc Renwick Seed Production Facility 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridgeview Packing, LLC 0.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2512-Boone, IA 0.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE 1886-Huxley, IA 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE DeLong Construction, Inc. 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE KW Electric Inc. - Cedar Falls 98 FTE
STATE-SIZE Inventory Trading Company 98 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Grinnell Windows 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0403 - Windows-Grinnell 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Customer Experience US 357 FTE
NAT-TCR Wisenbaker Builder Services - WF 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR B&E Resources 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR CN Portland 0.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PITG 0.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Washington N and R LLC dba Grandview Healthcare 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Autumn Care of Mocskville 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Peapod S&S West Danbury, Ct 98 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sunnking Inc. 98 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: 2017, 2016. 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.