Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Iowa

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC

Oskaloosa, IA · ~40 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.9
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC runs at 151% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC: 5.9 TCR = 151% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC safety composite

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−1.2

2017→2024

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC injury rate improved

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC's TCR fell 1.2 from 5.2 in 2017 to 4.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.2 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=11.9 · 2024=4.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Oskaloosa, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.9 · 151% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #37/62
  • PHOTO SWS Retail - Caldwell
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SWS Retail - Caldwell (0.0 TCR gap)

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DFS Oskaloosa, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DFS Oskaloosa, LLC averages 5.9 TCR (151% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC TCR series: 2017=5.2 · 2022=2.3 · 2023=11.9 · 2024=4 · BLS 3.9

Where DFS Oskaloosa, LLC falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 62 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Iowa.

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC (40 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DFS Oskaloosa, LLC
DFS Oskaloosa, LLC (40 employees, TCR 5.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DFS Oskaloosa, LLC has more employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2024 4.0 2.0 2 0 0
2023 11.9 4.8 4 1 0
2022 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.2 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Oskaloosa

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 37 employers in Oskaloosa, 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 SWS Retail - Caldwell 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maysville Feedmill 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hubbard Feeds 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR PerforMix - Fruitland 5.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Musco Sports Lighting, LLC / Corporate Office 625 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mahaska County Hospital 558 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mahaska County Hospital dba Mahaska Health Partnership 458 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Office 291 FTE
NAT-TCR A41 Logistics 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sedro Woolley Country Store 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR H.T. Warehousing & Cold Storage, LLC 5.9 TCR
NAT-TCR American Red Cross - 100 Robert St S 5.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE D&M Consultants 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Key, LLC - Main 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Samuel August Logistics LLC 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE AAIC 40 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2017. 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.