Monosodium glutamate manufacturing · Iowa

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

Name: Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Eddyville, IA · ~133 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Monosodium glutamate manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Monosodium glutamate manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. safety composite

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: F 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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 & Nutrition North America, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 1.6 in 2018 to 1.6 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.1 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.6 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

DART 1.6 DART
RANK #14/17
PHOTO REG Danville LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~133 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: REG Danville LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1

What this shows Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Monosodium glutamate manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.6 · BLS 3.3

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

552 Monosodium glutamate manufactu establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 17 Monosodium glutamate manufactu employers in Iowa.

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc. (133 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Ajinomoto Health & 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
2020	1.6	1.6	2
2019	3.1	2.3	4
2018	1.6	0.8	2

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	REG Danville LLC	DANVILLE, IL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Worthington Biochemical Corp	LAKEWOOD, NJ	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Niacet	NIAGARA FALLS, NY	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Evonik Corporation	HAYSVILLE, KS	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Schaal Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling	JOHNSTON	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Moveero Armstrong Iowa	ARMSTRONG	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Meridian manufacturing	STORM LAKE	133 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Coilcraft - Hawarden	HAWARDEN	133 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	06018-06-06-SALINAS	Salinas, CA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Astec Rossville	Rossville, GA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	S-5! Manufacturing a Division of Metal Roof Innovations Ltd	Iowa Park, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer 210	Grand Ledge, MI	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lifetime Benefit Solutions - Butternut Dr	Syracuse, NY	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : GUM - Guam	Tamuning, GU	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DGS Aviation Services : LIH - Lihue	Lihue, HI	133 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mountain View Center	Rutland, VT	133 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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