Animal fats rendering · Iowa

Central Bi-Products - Estherville

Estherville, IA · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Central Bi-Products - Estherville runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal fats rendering workplace, earning a grade D.

Central Bi-Products - Estherville: 6.4 TCR = 194% of Animal fats rendering BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Central Bi-Products - Estherville safety composite

Central Bi-Products - Estherville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% 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

−12.9

2016→2024

Central Bi-Products - Estherville injury rate improved

Central Bi-Products - Estherville's TCR fell 12.9 from 12.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.9 · 2017=6.2 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 6.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients Union City TN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Central Bi-Products - Estherville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Central Bi-Products - Estherville averages 6.4 TCR (194% of the Animal fats rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Central Bi-Products - Estherville TCR series: 2016=12.9 · 2017=6.2 · 2022=12.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Central Bi-Products - Estherville falls in its industry

151 Animal fats rendering establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 9 Animal fats rendering employers in Iowa.

Central Bi-Products - Estherville (24 employees, TCR 6.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Central Bi-Products - Estherville
Central Bi-Products - Estherville (24 employees, TCR 6.4) 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 12.9 4.3 3 0 0
2017 6.2 0.0 2 0 0
2016 12.9 3.2 4 0 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Union City TN 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SFI WET 6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients-TURLOCK 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Michigan Brand, Inc 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Avera Holy Family Hospital 175 FTE
CITY-NEAR GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville 139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Redwood Farms Meat Processors 130 FTE
CITY-NEAR Moveero Estherville Iowa 114 FTE
NAT-TCR US Foods Streator 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sonesta San Jose 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Food Stores 6519 6.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mesa Verde Enterprises 6.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gnw Inc 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bison Elevator Rochester 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Handling Systems and Conveyors, Inc. Fort Worth 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Dodge City 24 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, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.