Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing · Iowa
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant
Eddyville, IA · ~118 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant runs at 174% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant: 5.7 TCR = 174% of Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant safety composite
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.61 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 North America Inc - Eddyville Plant held a steady TCR band
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant's TCR held near 0.2 from 5.8 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.8 · 2017=5.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325199 · Eddyville, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.7 · 174% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #17/17
- PHOTO Hero BX - Alabama
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~118 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Hero BX - Alabama (0.1 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant
5.7 TCR
- Hero BX - Alab
Hero BX - Alabama
5.7 TCR
- CRI Tolling
CRI Tolling
5.6 TCR
- Keaau
Keaau
5.6 TCR
- Cyalume Specia
Cyalume Specialty Products - Bound Brook Site
5.5 TCR
What this shows Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant averages 5.7 TCR (174% of the Natural nonfood coloring, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=5.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant falls in its industry
552 Natural nonfood coloring, manu establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 17 Natural nonfood coloring, manu employers in Iowa.
Ajinomoto North America Inc - Eddyville Plant has more employees than the Natural nonfood coloring, 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325199 · IA · Eddyville
552 Natural nonfood coloring, 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Hero BX - Alabama | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CRI Tolling | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Keaau | 5.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cyalume Specialty Products - Bound Brook Site | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cramer and Associates | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Berry MUIA | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gregory Design and Manufacturing | 118 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SmithCo, Inc. | 118 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cargill Eddyville | 549 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Cargill Eddyville Iowa | 482 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc. | 142 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 100110000205-CRG-CARGILL/EDDYVILLE/IA | 139 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jacksonville - MB | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Covington (Lacov) | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schaffner Manufacturing Co., Inc | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oldham Street | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of St Charles LLC | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | N and R of Springfield East LLC | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trig's Everest Metro | 118 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jessicas Brick Oven | 118 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.