Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing · Iowa

Chariton Produce Commissary

Chariton, IA · ~205 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.4
Avg TCR
4.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chariton Produce Commissary runs at 255% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Chariton Produce Commissary: 10.4 TCR = 255% of Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS 4.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chariton Produce Commissary safety composite

Chariton Produce Commissary scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−1.5

2023→2024

Chariton Produce Commissary injury rate improved

Chariton Produce Commissary's TCR fell 1.5 from 11.2 in 2023 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=11.2 · 2024=9.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311991 · Chariton, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 255% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #4/6
  • PHOTO Distribution Center
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~205 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chariton Produce Commissary in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chariton Produce Commissary averages 10.4 TCR (255% of the Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Chariton Produce Commissary TCR series: 2023=11.2 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 4.1

Where Chariton Produce Commissary falls in its industry

376 Perishable Prepared Food Manuf establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 6 Perishable Prepared Food Manuf employers in Iowa.

Chariton Produce Commissary (205 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Chariton Produce Commissary
Chariton Produce Commissary (205 employees, TCR 10.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 179 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Chariton Produce Commissary has more employees than the Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 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
2024 9.7 7.6 8 6 0
2023 11.2 9.6 13 8 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311991 · IA · Chariton

376 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 18 employers in Chariton, 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 Distribution Center 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blount Fine Foods Warren 10.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Midnight Munchies, Inc. 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRESH FOODS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (W012) 10.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Van Maanen Electric, Inc. 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Viking Pump Inc - Machine Shop (A Unit of IDEX Corporation) 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henderson Products Manchester 205 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1111 - CORALVILLE IA WHSE 205 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grocery-Chariton 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truck-Chariton 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Produce-Chariton 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lucas County Health Center 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Seven Lakes 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR La Amapola LLC. 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Angell - Boston 10.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 3808 - Midway GA DC 10.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stathakis, Inc. 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nutrawise 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE BelGioioso Cheese - Campbell 205 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neuroscience and Spine Associates, PL 205 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. 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.