Grain merchant wholesalers · Iowa

CFE Hartley

Hartley, IA · ~35 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CFE Hartley runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

CFE Hartley: 4.6 TCR = 208% of Grain merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CFE Hartley safety composite

CFE Hartley scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2016→2024

CFE Hartley injury rate improved

CFE Hartley's TCR fell 1.2 from 4.3 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0.0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3.0 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Hartley, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.6 · 208% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #25/40
  • PHOTO Star of the West Mil…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Star of the West Milling Co - Emmett, MI (0.0 TCR gap)

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CFE Hartley in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CFE Hartley averages 4.6 TCR (208% of the Grain merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

CFE Hartley TCR series: 2016=4.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=5.6 · 2022=3 · 2023=10.8 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 2.2

Where CFE Hartley falls in its industry

399 Grain merchant wholesalers establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 40 Grain merchant wholesalers employers in Iowa.

CFE Hartley (35 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate CFE Hartley
CFE Hartley (35 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

CFE Hartley has more employees than the Grain merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 10.8 0.0 3 0 0
2022 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2021 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2020 5.7 2.8 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 4.1 0.0 2 0 0
2016 4.3 4.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Hartley

399 Grain merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hartley, 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 Star of the West Milling Co - Emmett, MI 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adell Cooperative 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adair Shuttle 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lindsay Farmers Coop Association 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Community Memorial Health Center 99 FTE
CITY-NEAR Valero Renewable Fuels Company, LLC dba Valero Hartley Plant 74 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hartley 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Nelson Company of Kentucky 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #108 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carlie C's IGA #825 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Prairie Du Chien 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tech Met, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brady Plumbing Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #87 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #93 35 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, 2021, 2020, 2018, 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.