Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Iowa

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~250 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz: 3.0 TCR = 91% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz safety composite

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 40%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−2.2

2016→2017

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz injury rate improved

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz's TCR fell 2.2 from 4.1 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 91% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #5/15
  • PHOTO ITW FEG - Peerless
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~250 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITW FEG - Peerless (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz averages 3.0 TCR (91% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz falls in its industry

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishments

Safer than 49% 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 #5 safest of 15 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Iowa.

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz (250 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz
Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz (250 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cedar Rapids KraftHeinz has more employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a higher 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
2017 1.9 1.5 5 0 0
2016 4.1 3.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · IA · Cedar Rapids

215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) 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 ITW FEG - Peerless 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stainless Specialists 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Protein Plus 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR InsingerMachine Company 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Paladin Attachments Delhi 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE 749 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE 913 250 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greene County Medical Center 250 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 US Zinc - Clarksville 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kannapolis (Nckan) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Janesville Acoustics - Old Fort 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Runnings of Belle Fourche 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waldorf (Mdwal) 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alliance Residential, LLC/Corporate Headquarters 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Prospect TPA 250 FTE
NAT-SIZE Global Container Terminal New York 250 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.