Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Nebraska

Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division

Hastings, NE · ~49 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division runs at 414% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.7
avg TCR · per 100 workers
3.3
industry benchmark (BLS)
42
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 6 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.

Injury rate over time

Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.

0510152025 201620172018201920202021 20.53.3 Industry benchmarkDutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division TCR
Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 332420.

Where Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division falls in its industry

380 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division has an average TCR of 13.7, which is 414% of the industry average (3.3) for Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing. This is significantly worse than average.

The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.

Trend analysis for Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division

Between 2016 and 2021, Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's Total Case Rate worsened from 4.3 to 20.5 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 379% increase across 5 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2016, at a TCR of 4.3, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 20.5, a spread of 16.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 6 reporting years, Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division recorded 42 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 6-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 332420 - Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2021)

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

5 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 97,760 hours worked = 10.23 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division (this establishment) 13.65 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg
Tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing industry avg 3.30 BLS IIF, NAICS 332420
Nebraska state avg (all industries) 4.84 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 20.5 10.2 10 0 0
2020 19.2 8.7 11 0 0
2019 9.8 3.9 5 0 0
2018 17.7 5.9 9 0 0
2017 10.4 6.3 5 0 0
2016 4.3 2.1 2 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's reported OSHA injury record versus its Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 414% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing benchmark, Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division's safety grade?
Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 13.7 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 3.3 for Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
How many injuries has Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division reported?
Dutton-Lainson/Hastings Equity Grain Division has reported 42 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 6 years of OSHA data (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.