Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing · Iowa

CJ Bio America

Fort Dodge, IA · ~212 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CJ Bio America runs at 101% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

CJ Bio America: 3.9 TCR = 101% of Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CJ Bio America safety composite

CJ Bio America scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−4.3

2016→2024

CJ Bio America injury rate improved

CJ Bio America's TCR fell 4.3 from 6.4 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.4 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=2.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Fort Dodge, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 101% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #26/62
  • PHOTO PCS Phosphate Compan…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~212 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PCS Phosphate Company Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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CJ Bio America in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CJ Bio America averages 3.9 TCR (101% of the Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

CJ Bio America TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=2.2 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=2.2 · BLS 3.9

Where CJ Bio America falls in its industry

756 Feeds, prepared, for animals ( establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 62 Feeds, prepared, for animals ( employers in Iowa.

CJ Bio America (212 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate CJ Bio America
CJ Bio America (212 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

CJ Bio America has more employees than the Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 2.2 2.2 6 0 0
2023 1.2 0.8 3 0 0
2022 5.9 2.1 8 6 0
2021 5.8 0.9 3 10 0
2020 3.4 1.4 3 4 0
2018 2.2 0.3 2 5 0
2017 4.5 0.0 5 3 0
2016 6.4 1.2 9 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Fort Dodge

756 Feeds, prepared, for animals (except cat, dog) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 PCS Phosphate Company Inc. 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ALGONA FEED MILL -EST 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Delhi Feed Mill 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEM Minerals, L.P. 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Gomaco Corporation Plant #2 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Water Works 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Gypsum Sperry 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE Flexsteel Industries- Dubuque Operations 213 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Terminal 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Correctional Facility 452 FTE
NAT-TCR Main Office 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Weiler Engineering Inc 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mansfield, Oh Branch 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Home Office 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meijer135 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE IKEA #017/023 Baytown 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Field Support Office Fargo 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0544 New York 212 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.