DAIRY DISTRIBUTION · Iowa

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI

Le Mars, IA · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical DAIRY DISTRIBUTION workplace, earning a grade D.

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI: 3.1 TCR = 142% of DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI safety composite

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 77% 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% 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

−2.4

2017→2019

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI injury rate improved

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI's TCR fell 2.4 from 4.8 in 2017 to 2.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424430 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.1 · 142% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK P77
  • PHOTO Meadow Gold Grand Ju…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Meadow Gold Grand Junction - Grand Junction (0.0 TCR gap)

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DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI averages 3.1 TCR (142% of the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION BLS benchmark).

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

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI TCR series: 2017=4.8 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=2.4 · BLS 2.2

Where DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI falls in its industry

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI (36 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI
DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI (36 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 5.9

DFNC - LeMars - 12th Ave - DTI has fewer employees than the DAIRY DISTRIBUTION median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2018 2.2 2.2 1 0 0
2017 4.8 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424430 · IA · Le Mars

231 DAIRY DISTRIBUTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 43 employers in Le Mars, 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 Meadow Gold Grand Junction - Grand Junction 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Creamland - Albq - 2nd St (FDD) 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Cheese of Tennessee, Inc. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DFA DISTRIBUTING WEST - CITY OF INDUSTRY CA-SOUTH 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Algona Municipal Utilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Water Works 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Plant 1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center- Headquarter Employees 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Freezer 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Hayden Operations 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR HHC SR219 Project 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Molex Torrington 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR BeaverFit 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE East Liverpool, Oh Branch 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Refrigeration Systems 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vineyard Management 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Manassas SSG27 EPG28 36 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.