Animal fats rendering · Iowa

Central Bi Products Estherville

Name: Central Bi Products Estherville Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Estherville, IA · ~26 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.0
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Central Bi Products Estherville runs at 425% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade F.

Central Bi Products Estherville: 14.0 TCR = 425% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Bi Products Estherville safety composite

Central Bi Products Estherville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Central Bi Products Estherville: 7.6 → 8.5 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 33.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.3× in 2021

Central Bi Products Estherville's TCR rose 0.9 from 7.6 in 2018 to 8.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 33.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Estherville, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.0 · 425% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #8/9
PHOTO Protein Conversion
BOOK 4y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Protein Conversion (0.5 TCR gap)

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Darling Ingred

15.1
This site

14
Protein Conver

13.5
Darling Ingred

13.1
Darling Ingred

12.8

What this shows Central Bi Products Estherville averages 14.0 TCR (425% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).

Central Bi Products Estherville TCR series: 2018=7.6 · 2019=6.4 · 2020=33.7 · 2021=8.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Bi Products Estherville falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade F

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 9 Animal fats rendering employers in Iowa.

Central Bi Products Estherville (26 employees, TCR 14.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Central Bi Products Estherville has fewer employees than the Animal fats rendering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2021	8.5	4.2	2	0
2020	33.7	23.6	8	2
2019	6.4	6.4	2	0
2018	7.6	2.5	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IA · Estherville

151 Animal fats rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Estherville, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Protein Conversion	MOOREFIELD, WV	13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darling Ingredients Inc	NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, IL	13.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darling Ingredients	NEWARK, NJ	15.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Darling Ingredients - Somerset	SOMERSET, PA	12.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Eastwood Sow Unit	HAWKEYE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4806-Urbandale, IA	URBANDALE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DBQ Downtown Office	DUBUQUE	26 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative	BLOOMFIELD	26 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Avera Holy Family Hospital	Estherville	175 FTE
CITY-NEAR	GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville	Estherville	139 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Redwood Farms Meat Processors	Estherville	130 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Moveero Estherville Iowa	Estherville	114 FTE
NAT-TCR	Traverse Care Center	Wheaton, MN	14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	The Colonnade of Carrollwood	Tampa, FL	14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	5081 - CA Mendocino County	Ukiah, CA	14.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oakridge	Raleigh, NC	14.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Overhead Door Company of Charlotte	Charlotte, NC	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	701-D002	Clackamas, OR	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SmitHahn Company Inc.	Bethlehem, PA	26 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rim Lakes Complex	Forest Lakes, AZ	26 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.