Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing · Iowa

Aspen API

Name: Aspen API Workplace Safety Data
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Sioux City, IA · ~35 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Aspen API runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Aspen API: 0.6 TCR = 19% of Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Aspen API safety composite

Aspen API scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 0.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

Aspen API held a steady TCR band

Aspen API's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325412 · Sioux City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 19% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #1/4
PHOTO Piramal Pharma Solut…
BOOK 5y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Piramal Pharma Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.6
Piramal Pharma

0.6
UCB Smyrna

0.6
Anika Therapeu

0.6
Heron Therapeu

0.6

What this shows Aspen API averages 0.6 TCR (19% of the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Aspen API TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Aspen API falls in its industry

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Pharmaceutical preparations (e employers in Iowa.

Aspen API (35 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 171 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Aspen API has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	3.1	3.1	1
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325412 · IA · Sioux City

855 Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, liniments, ointments, tablets) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 259 employers in Sioux City, 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	Piramal Pharma Solutions	RIVERVIEW, MI	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	UCB Smyrna	SMYRNA, GA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Anika Therapeutics - Bedford	BEDFORD, MA	0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Heron Therapeutics San Diego	SAN DIEGO, CA	0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY'	OSCEOLA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2	ALGONA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids	CEDAR RAPIDS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	On Track Construction, LLC	NEVADA	35 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Seaboard Triumph Foods	Sioux City	2,375 FTE
CITY-NEAR	SeaboardTriumph Foods	Sioux City	1,896 FTE
CITY-NEAR	St. Luke's Regional Medical Center	Sioux City	1,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp	Sioux City	691 FTE
NAT-TCR	Metals USA, Randleman	Randleman, NC	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	DSM Nutritional Products	Belvidere, NJ	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ARC Abatement Industrial	Slidell, LA	0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	UCB Smyrna	Smyrna, GA	0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Middleton Granite Co.	Elberton, GA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hampton Inn & Suites Orlando FL	Gainesville, GA	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Borealis Compounds Inc.	Taylorsville, NC	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ewing Consolidated Grade School	Ewing, IL	35 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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