Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing · Iowa
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker)
Cedar Rapids, IA · ~937 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) runs at 53% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker): 1.7 TCR = 53% of Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) safety composite
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).
66/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.74 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
−1.0
2016→2022
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) injury rate improved
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker)'s TCR fell 1.0 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=2.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=3.0 · 2022=1.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 53% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/8
- PHOTO Northfield North Dis…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 83 inj
- SIZE ~937 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Northfield North Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Northfield Nor
Northfield North Distribution Center
1.8 TCR
- Campbell Mill
Campbell Mill Northfield MN
1.8 TCR
- General Mills
General Mills Cedar Rapids Iowa
1.8 TCR
- This site
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker)
1.7 TCR
- Asheboro Mill
Asheboro Mill
1.7 TCR
What this shows Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) averages 1.7 TCR (53% of the Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=1.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=3 · 2022=1.2 · BLS 3.3
Where Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) falls in its industry
60 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing employers in Iowa.
Cedar Rapids Ia (Quaker) has more employees than the Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 10 | 23 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · IA · Cedar Rapids
60 Breakfast Cereal 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 | Northfield North Distribution Center | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Asheboro Mill | 1.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Campbell Mill Northfield MN | 1.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Mills Cedar Rapids Iowa | 1.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | 0590 - Cedar Falls DC | 936 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | CC 300590 CEDAR RAPIDS PLT | 935 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) | 940 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Lutheran Hospital | 941 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 | S.M. Lawrence | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Boston | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Exxonmobil-Granite Cafe | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at George Washington Hos-Starbuck | 1.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ascend Performance Materials-Pensacola | 937 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southeast Concrete Construction | 937 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mediacom Coastal Region | 937 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Francis Regional | 937 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.