Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production

Fremont, IA · ~134 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production runs at 12% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production: 0.6 TCR = 12% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production safety composite

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−0.8

2019→2021

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production injury rate improved

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production's TCR fell 0.8 from 0.8 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Fremont, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 12% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/44
  • PHOTO 2111-Kunia - Oahu, H…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2111-Kunia - Oahu, HI (Monsanto Co.) (0.0 TCR gap)

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Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production averages 0.6 TCR (12% 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

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production TCR series: 2019=0.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 96% 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 #6 safest of 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production (134 employees, TCR 0.6) 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 Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production
Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production (134 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production has more 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2019 0.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Fremont

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Fremont, 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 2111-Kunia - Oahu, HI (Monsanto Co.) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monsanto Caribe LLC 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tuscola 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waterman, IL-R&D 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Graham Construction Company - Central Iowa 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland Finishes, INC 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keokuk Steel Castings 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE HUSCO International Maquoketa 134 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Hedrick HED1 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 107 FTE
NAT-TCR Revere Plastics Systems - Poplar 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The People Concern - Kensington 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Jet Edge Acquisition, LLC 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR *Gaylor Electric, Inc. 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metro Metals Northwest 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Instrumentation : Hatfield 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE AMG Industries LLC 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE 49361w - West Valley Plant 134 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.