Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Council Bluffs Branch

Council Bluffs, IA · ~31 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Council Bluffs Branch runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Council Bluffs Branch: 2.7 TCR = 123% of Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Council Bluffs Branch safety composite

Council Bluffs Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.3

2016→2018

Council Bluffs Branch injury rate improved

Council Bluffs Branch's TCR fell 5.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/11
  • PHOTO PVS - CDI Chemicals,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PVS - CDI Chemicals, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Council Bluffs Branch in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Council Bluffs Branch averages 2.7 TCR (123% of the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Council Bluffs Branch TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=2.8 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Council Bluffs Branch falls in its industry

766 Industrial chemicals merchant establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

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 11 Industrial chemicals merchant employers in Iowa.

Council Bluffs Branch (31 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Council Bluffs Branch
Council Bluffs Branch (31 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Council Bluffs Branch has fewer employees than the Industrial chemicals merchant wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IA · Council Bluffs

766 Industrial chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, 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 PVS - CDI Chemicals, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hillyard Hutchinson 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Cope Company Salt 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacksonville JV 0975 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MBS Genetics, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oelwein 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6183-61830022 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs IA 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Intech 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Charter Homes & Neighborhoods 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC - Chicopee, MA 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ArcelorMittal Conshohocken 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Leaf River Ag Service 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirk Masonry, Inc 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wiles Bros. Fertilizer, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safety Administration/Accident Tracking 31 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.