Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator

Dunkerton, IA · ~35 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade D.

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator: 2.9 TCR = 130% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator safety composite

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−4.9

2016→2022

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator injury rate improved

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator's TCR fell 4.9 from 4.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Dunkerton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 130% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #13/40
  • PHOTO Iuka Farm store
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Iuka Farm store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator averages 2.9 TCR (130% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator (35 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator
Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator (35 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Dunkerton Cooperative Elevator has more employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 4.9 0.0 2 0 0
2017 7.3 2.4 3 0 0
2016 4.9 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Dunkerton

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 Iuka Farm store 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Skyland Grain, LLC-Johnson 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Two Rivers Cooperative - Pella 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tunica 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dunkerton Cooperative 33 FTE
NAT-TCR 622 - Surprise 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 986 - Thorndale 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1138 - Rock Hill 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 1520 - Marinette 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Donnell Ford Lincoln Mercury of Salem Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wichita Furniture, Inc./77 Customer Service 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lew Thompson Dedicated Services 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Country Mart # 76 35 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.