Grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Iowa

Cargill Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, IA · ~166 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cargill Fort Dodge runs at 45% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Cargill Fort Dodge: 1.5 TCR = 45% of Grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cargill Fort Dodge safety composite

Cargill Fort Dodge scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 82% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−2.0

2018→2024

Cargill Fort Dodge injury rate improved

Cargill Fort Dodge's TCR fell 2.0 from 3.0 in 2018 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.0 · 2019=1.7 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Fort Dodge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 45% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/49
  • PHOTO Fox River Valley Eth…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~166 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fox River Valley Ethanol, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cargill Fort Dodge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cargill Fort Dodge averages 1.5 TCR (45% of the Grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cargill Fort Dodge TCR series: 2018=3 · 2019=1.7 · 2021=1.1 · 2022=0.6 · 2023=1.5 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.3

Where Cargill Fort Dodge falls in its industry

228 Grain alcohol, nonpotable, man establishments

Safer than 82% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 49 Grain alcohol, nonpotable, man employers in Iowa.

Cargill Fort Dodge (166 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cargill Fort Dodge
Cargill Fort Dodge (166 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cargill Fort Dodge has more employees than the Grain alcohol, nonpotable, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 1.0 0.0 1 1 0
2023 1.5 1.0 2 1 0
2022 0.6 0.0 1 0 0
2021 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2019 1.7 0.0 3 0 0
2018 3.0 1.8 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Fort Dodge

228 Grain alcohol, nonpotable, 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 Fox River Valley Ethanol, LLC 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR One Earth Energy 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plainview BioEnergy 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arthur Plant 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Fabrication Plant 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux City - SC 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodbine Manufacturing 166 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maintainer Corporation of Iowa 166 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 9335 - Indianapolis Fulfillment Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Snider Fleet Solutions - Pelzer 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 001 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sloan Security Group, INC 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laitram LLC 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Chopper #900 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Universal Marketing Systems, Inc. 166 FTE
NAT-SIZE Walker Rehabilitation Center, inc. 166 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, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.