FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING · Iowa

DFNC - LeMars

Le Mars, IA · ~151 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DFNC - LeMars runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING workplace, earning a grade C.

DFNC - LeMars: 3.5 TCR = 108% of FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DFNC - LeMars safety composite

DFNC - LeMars scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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%).

Rising injury rate

DFNC - LeMars: 1.2 → 5.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2019

DFNC - LeMars's TCR rose 4.6 from 1.2 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311511 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 108% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK P63
  • PHOTO DFA FLUID - FRANKLIN…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~151 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DFA FLUID - FRANKLIN MA (0.0 TCR gap)

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DFNC - LeMars in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DFNC - LeMars averages 3.5 TCR (108% of the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING BLS benchmark).

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

DFNC - LeMars TCR series: 2017=1.2 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where DFNC - LeMars falls in its industry

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
DFNC - LeMars (151 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate DFNC - LeMars
DFNC - LeMars (151 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 140 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DFNC - LeMars has more employees than the FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2019 5.8 3.9 9 0 0
2018 3.6 3.0 6 0 0
2017 1.2 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311511 · IA · Le Mars

457 FLUID MILK MANUFACTURING 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 DFA FLUID - FRANKLIN MA 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hudson Valley Fresh Dairy, LLC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hiland Dairy Foods-Chandler, Ok 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Farms Houston - Houston 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davenport Central Campus - DVCC 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Engineering Company. Inc 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Price Electric 151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Platinum Crush LLC 151 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 Austin Residential Center 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Seal-Rite Hebron 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Solomon Grand Junction 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Schenkels - Huntington 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCX Florida 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE ER Opco ML, LLC dba Meadow Lake Senior Living 151 FTE
NAT-SIZE CM006 East Side Access 151 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.