Chicken egg production · Iowa
Centrum Valley Farms Dows
Dows, IA · ~89 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.4
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Centrum Valley Farms Dows runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Chicken egg production workplace, earning a grade D.
Centrum Valley Farms Dows: 7.4 TCR = 164% of Chicken egg production BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Centrum Valley Farms Dows safety composite
Centrum Valley Farms Dows scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Centrum Valley Farms Dows: 3.3 → 6.3 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.21× in 2021
Centrum Valley Farms Dows's TCR rose 3.0 from 3.3 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112310 · Dows, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 164% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #22/36
- PHOTO Herbruck's of Pennsy…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 36 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Herbruck's of Pennsylvania, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Centrum Valley Farms Dows in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- New Day Farms
New Day Farms - Croton
7.5 TCR
- This site
Centrum Valley Farms Dows
7.4 TCR
- Herbruck's of
Herbruck's of Pennsylvania, LLC
7.4 TCR
- Trillium Farms
Trillium Farms Layer 5
7.4 TCR
- ICF Goldfield
ICF Goldfield
7.3 TCR
What this shows Centrum Valley Farms Dows averages 7.4 TCR (164% of the Chicken egg production BLS benchmark).
Centrum Valley Farms Dows TCR series: 2017=3.3 · 2018=5.9 · 2019=11.1 · 2020=10.3 · 2021=6.3 · BLS 4.5
Where Centrum Valley Farms Dows falls in its industry
351 Chicken egg production establishmentsSafer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 36 Chicken egg production employers in Iowa.
Centrum Valley Farms Dows has more employees than the Chicken egg production median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.3 | 7.2 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112310 · IA · Dows
351 Chicken egg production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 | Herbruck's of Pennsylvania, LLC | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trillium Farms Layer 5 | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ICF Goldfield | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Day Farms - Croton | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ICF Ovation | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muscatine Power & Water Power Plant | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WRH, Inc. | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Centrum Valley Dows | 50 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | USA Kahului 865 W Mokuea Pl | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sun Basket | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Farm | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roth'S - West Salem | 7.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Central Bi Products North Redwood Falls | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Limbach - EPA | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Vox Nutrition | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlanta Trans/BBU | 89 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.