Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Cherokee-US-Production

Aurelia, IA · ~63 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cherokee-US-Production runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade B.

Cherokee-US-Production: 2.8 TCR = 63% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cherokee-US-Production safety composite

Cherokee-US-Production scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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

Cherokee-US-Production: 1.6 → 3.2 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2020

Cherokee-US-Production's TCR rose 1.6 from 1.6 in 2018 to 3.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Aurelia, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.8 · 63% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #36/44
  • PHOTO BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOU…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOUTHAMPTON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cherokee-US-Production in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cherokee-US-Production averages 2.8 TCR (63% of the Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

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

Cherokee-US-Production TCR series: 2018=1.6 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=3.2 · BLS 4.5

Where Cherokee-US-Production falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 54% 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 #36 safest of 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Cherokee-US-Production (63 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cherokee-US-Production
Cherokee-US-Production (63 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Cherokee-US-Production has fewer employees than the Seed processing, post-harvest for propag median and a lower 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
2020 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2019 3.8 1.9 2 0 0
2018 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Aurelia

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Aurelia, 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 BIRDSONG PEANUTS SOUTHAMPTON 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2057-Centralia, IL (Monsanto Co.) 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Corteva Agriscience Algona ALG1 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Woodland, CA Production 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Iowa, LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keen Project Solutions 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE MAS 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accura Healthcare of Aurelia 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR First Cooperative Association Aurelia 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Bayou Vista Community Care Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fosta-Tek Optics 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Corning Manufacturing Support 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Meijer 164 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Armstrong World Industries - Millwood 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Golden Corral 751 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE C. L. Benton & Sons, Inc. 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aztec Plumbing, Inc 63 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: 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.