Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Dalton Ag, Inc.

Lenox, IA · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dalton Ag, Inc. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dalton Ag, Inc.: 7.3 TCR = 223% of Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dalton Ag, Inc. safety composite

Dalton Ag, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

Dalton Ag, Inc.: 3.4 → 6.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 12.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2019

Dalton Ag, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.9 from 3.4 in 2016 to 6.3 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Lenox, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 223% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #47/65
  • PHOTO IronCraft Athens
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IronCraft Athens (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dalton Ag, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dalton Ag, Inc. averages 7.3 TCR (223% of the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Dalton Ag, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2018=12.4 · 2019=6.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Dalton Ag, Inc. falls in its industry

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 65 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty employers in Iowa.

Dalton Ag, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dalton Ag, Inc.
Dalton Ag, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 7.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Dalton Ag, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2019 6.3 4.2 3 0 0
2018 12.4 6.2 4 0 0
2016 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Lenox

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lenox, 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 IronCraft Athens 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR JPJ Family Enterprises 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richard Iest Dairy Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metalcraft of Mayville, West Bend, WI 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Papetti's of Iowa 373 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lenox 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premier Estates 507 LLC DBA Lenox Care Center 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vintage Park Assisted Living LLC 29 FTE
NAT-TCR Denny's Store #290 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wendy's Store #76 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Advanced Disposal - Orlando Hauling 7.3 TCR
NAT-TCR L'Auberge de Sonoma Resort Managemnet 7.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bonner Springs Pipe & Precast 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE SD,CHAMBERLAIN - Medical Center Campus - Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shops at River Center 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hazelwood Center 52 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: 2019, 2018, 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.