Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing · Iowa

BHJ - Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, IA · ~48 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BHJ - Fort Dodge runs at 199% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

BHJ - Fort Dodge: 7.8 TCR = 199% of Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BHJ - Fort Dodge safety composite

BHJ - Fort Dodge scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

F

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.8

2016→2024

BHJ - Fort Dodge injury rate improved

BHJ - Fort Dodge's TCR fell 4.8 from 9.6 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 15.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.6 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · Fort Dodge, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 199% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO Sunshine Mills Dubli…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 34 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sunshine Mills Dublin, GA (0.0 TCR gap)

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BHJ - Fort Dodge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BHJ - Fort Dodge averages 7.8 TCR (199% of the Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BHJ - Fort Dodge TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=11.7 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.9

Where BHJ - Fort Dodge falls in its industry

302 Feeds, prepared for dog and ca establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Feeds, prepared for dog and ca employers in Iowa.

BHJ - Fort Dodge (48 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 BHJ - Fort Dodge
BHJ - Fort Dodge (48 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

BHJ - Fort Dodge has fewer employees than the Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 4.8 2.4 2 0 0
2023 9.1 0.0 4 0 0
2022 4.5 2.3 2 0 0
2021 6.6 4.4 3 0 0
2020 15.4 5.8 6 2 0
2019 11.7 3.9 6 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 6.4 3.2 4 0 0
2016 9.6 6.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · IA · Fort Dodge

302 Feeds, prepared for dog and cat, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 Sunshine Mills Dublin, GA 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR BP40 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Pet Food Company 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR RC-Rol 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE J&J Cattle Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMVC Management Services 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Administration Building 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greiner Buildings, Inc. 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Terminal 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Correctional Facility 452 FTE
NAT-TCR SPG International 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hearthstone Health Campus 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Brazos 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Taylor Foundry company 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Equipment Training Services 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Modification and Distributil Facility 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chicago North Shore Hampton Inn & Suites 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Parkwood Village 48 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, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.