Corn drying · Oregon

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1

Hermiston, OR · ~49 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Corn drying workplace, earning a grade A.

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1: 2.3 TCR = 50% of Corn drying BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 safety composite

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−7.1

2017→2021

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 injury rate improved

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1's TCR fell 7.1 from 7.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.1 · 2018=3.0 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Hermiston, OR AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/21
  • PHOTO Corteva York 1
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corteva York 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the Corn drying BLS benchmark).

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

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=3 · 2019=1.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 falls in its industry

666 Corn drying establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Oregon alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 21 Corn drying employers in Oregon.

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 (49 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1
DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 (49 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

DuPont Pioneer Hermiston HES1 has fewer employees than the Corn drying 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2018 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2017 7.1 2.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · OR · Hermiston

666 Corn drying employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 8,031 rated employers in Oregon with headcount on file · 65 employers in Hermiston, OR · 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 Corteva York 1 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Almond Hulling, L.P. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bee Sweet Citrus, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kunia, HI - Foundation 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Polehn Farms Inc 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fessler Nursery Company 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE UNIVERSAL SEED LLC 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sunnyview (Shared Services + MVS Admin + Warehouse) 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6037 919 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 6037 818 FTE
CITY-NEAR HERMISTON OR 550 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mj's Labor Services Inc. 507 FTE
NAT-TCR WTPS - Industry 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Gardner-Watson Decking, Inc. 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Epoxy : Lakeland 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR New Kingstown Terminal - DOT 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Unit #0259 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milan Mi 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Based Therapeutic Services 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Afa Nj Branch 49 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, 2020, 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.