Blending animal feed · Iowa

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames

Ames, IA · ~33 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.9
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Blending animal feed workplace, earning a grade A.

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames: 1.9 TCR = 50% of Blending animal feed BLS 3.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames safety composite

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames 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

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−5.8

2018→2021

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames injury rate improved

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.9 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/62
  • PHOTO Celina
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Celina (0.0 TCR gap)

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DSM Nutritional Products - Ames in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DSM Nutritional Products - Ames averages 1.9 TCR (50% of the Blending animal feed BLS benchmark).

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

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.9

Where DSM Nutritional Products - Ames falls in its industry

756 Blending animal feed establishments

Safer than 77% 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 #9 safest of 62 Blending animal feed employers in Iowa.

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames (33 employees, TCR 1.9) 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 DSM Nutritional Products - Ames
DSM Nutritional Products - Ames (33 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DSM Nutritional Products - Ames has fewer employees than the Blending animal feed median and a lower 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.8 2.9 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Ames

756 Blending animal feed employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, 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 Celina 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR C&S Products Co. Inc. - North Plant 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridley Block Operations - Buffalo 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR APC - Dubuque 1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Marshalltown 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics IA Hatchery & Logistics 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keokuk Contractors LLC 33 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Hilsides Support Services 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Upchurch Services, LLC 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Gaylord Texan 1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Tampa Bay Water 1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE KG Marketing & Bag Co. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Madison Hose Co. #1 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Freight Lines - Waco 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE NMC - SLC - St Anthony 33 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.