Monosodium glutamate manufacturing · Iowa

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc.

Name: Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Eddyville, IA · ~115 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Monosodium glutamate manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Monosodium glutamate manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. safety composite

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.8 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Eddyville, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 2.0 DART
RANK #15/17
PHOTO Taminco US LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Taminco US LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Monosodium glutamate manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. falls in its industry

552 Monosodium glutamate manufactu establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 17 Monosodium glutamate manufactu employers in Iowa.

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. (115 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc. has more employees than the Monosodium glutamate manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2024	3.0	2.0	3
2023	2.6	0.9	3
2022	2.8	2.8	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · IA · Eddyville

552 Monosodium glutamate manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 14 employers in Eddyville, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Taminco US LLC	SAINT GABRIEL, LA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ele Corporation	MCCOOK, IL	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Equinox Chemicals	ALBANY, GA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FUJIFILM Ultra Pure Solutions, Inc. - Castroville	CASTROVILLE, CA	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer International Hi-Bred	ALGONA	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smithfield Carroll	CARROLL	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Spirit Graphics	DES MOINES	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Engineered Plastic Components-545	GRINNELL	115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cargill Eddyville	Eddyville	549 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cargill Eddyville Iowa	Eddyville	482 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc.	Eddyville	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	100110000205-CRG-CARGILL/EDDYVILLE/IA	Eddyville	139 FTE
NAT-TCR	Orz Ltl	Elk Grove Village, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sinbon Oh	Vandalia, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	GDM Imports, Inc (DBA: McGrath Volvo Cars of Barrington)	Barrington, IL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Heritage Pointe	Mission Viejo, CA	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Morgan Operator, LLC	Johnston, RI	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Warehouse 9	Concord, NC	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	TDI Fremont	Fremont, OH	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NGSP-Y798	East Hartford, CT	115 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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