Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

Alta

Alta, IA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Alta runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade C.

Alta: 1.8 TCR = 81% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Alta safety composite

Alta scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

Alta: 0.0 → 3.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Alta's TCR rose 3.6 from 0.0 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Alta, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.8 · 81% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/40
  • PHOTO Cargill Westwego Gra…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cargill Westwego Grain Export (0.0 TCR gap)

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Alta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Alta averages 1.8 TCR (81% 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

Alta TCR series: 2022=0 · 2024=3.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Alta falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 74% 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 #6 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

Alta (24 employees, TCR 1.8) 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 Alta
Alta (24 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Alta has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra 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
2024 3.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Alta

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 5 employers in Alta, 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 Cargill Westwego Grain Export 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wolsey Terminal/Fertililzer 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bartlett Coop Main 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Valley Bean Co-Op 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Platinum Crush LLC 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR WEL-Life at Alta 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Welcov Assisted Living at Alta 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR ACE - Storm Lake 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Hardwoods Specialty Products US LP - Renton 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1784 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Materion - Elmore 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR USA SC Chester Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Best Western Plus Executive Suites 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Neighborhood at Cullman 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30803 - Capstone - 99 Cent Only Washington CA 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 30802 - Kroger Bread La Habra CA 24 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, 2022. 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.