Oat flour manufacturing · Iowa

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Oat flour manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP: 4.2 TCR = 127% of Oat flour manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP safety composite

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−3.8

2019→2024

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP injury rate improved

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP's TCR fell 3.8 from 8.3 in 2019 to 4.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311211 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.2 · 127% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Star of the West Mil…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP averages 4.2 TCR (127% of the Oat flour manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP TCR series: 2019=8.3 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP falls in its industry

209 Oat flour manufacturing establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #3 safest of 5 Oat flour manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP (23 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP
Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP (23 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Cedar Rapids Fiber J. RETTENMAIER USA LP has fewer employees than the Oat flour manufacturing 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 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.5 0.0 0 1 0
2021 4.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 4.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 8.3 4.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311211 · IA · Cedar Rapids

209 Oat flour manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 Star of the West Milling Co - Frankenmuth, MI 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grain Craft McPherson KS 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Muleshoe TX 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Viobin 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remsen Farmers Coop 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE M L Kapp Power Station 2 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshalltown Gen Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Ames - Electric Distribution 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR Hunter Engineering Company Durant Manufacturing Plant 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Landing at Watermere Shadow Creek Ranch 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Viking SupplyNet & Fabrication Services - Riverside 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR KS Liberal 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE DED - PhilCorr 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wellsville - J. RETTENMAIER USA LP 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cactus Drilling Rig 145 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cactus Drilling Rig 154 23 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.