Dry milk manufacturing · Iowa

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington)

Arlington, IA · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Dry milk manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington): 5.2 TCR = 158% of Dry milk manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) safety composite

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.1

2016→2018

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) injury rate improved

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington)'s TCR fell 2.1 from 6.9 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.9 · 2017=4.0 · 2018=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311514 · Arlington, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 158% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Plant Three
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Plant Three (0.1 TCR gap)

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Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) averages 5.2 TCR (158% of the Dry milk manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) TCR series: 2016=6.9 · 2017=4 · 2018=4.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) falls in its industry

185 Dry milk manufacturing establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Dry milk manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) (63 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington)
Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) (63 employees, TCR 5.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 100 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Associated Milk Producers Inc (Arlington) has fewer employees than the Dry milk manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018 4.8 1.6 3 0 0
2017 4.0 2.6 3 0 0
2016 6.9 5.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311514 · IA · Arlington

185 Dry milk manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 Plant Three 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDM Plant 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Visalia Processing Plant 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR The BlendHouse LLC 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cherokee-US-Production 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Iowa, LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keen Project Solutions 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arlington 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Ottawa 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Ortega 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Hartel's/DBJ Waste Collection 5.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 2253-H4856 5.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Port Everglades Plant 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE TSI Corporate Office 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arkema-SCO 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Buffalo 63 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.