General warehousing and storage · Iowa

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center

Shenandoah, IA · ~25 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General warehousing and storage workplace, earning a grade F.

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center: 12.9 TCR = 223% of General warehousing and storage BLS 5.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center safety composite

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−5.4

2016→2021

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center injury rate improved

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center's TCR fell 5.4 from 16.4 in 2016 to 11.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 21.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=16.4 · 2017=21.1 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=11.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Shenandoah, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 223% of ind

  • DART 11.0 DART
  • RANK #99/102
  • PHOTO Global Specialty Ful…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Global Specialty Fulfillment : FTW2 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center averages 12.9 TCR (223% of the General warehousing and storage BLS benchmark).

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

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center TCR series: 2016=16.4 · 2017=21.1 · 2018=8.7 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=11 · BLS 5.8

Where Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center falls in its industry

9,477 General warehousing and storag establishments

Safer than 5% 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 #99 safest of 102 General warehousing and storag employers in Iowa.

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center (25 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center
Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center (25 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Earl May Seed & Nursery Distribution Center has fewer employees than the General warehousing and storage 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
2021 11.0 11.0 2 0 0
2020 8.4 8.4 2 0 0
2019 12.1 4.0 3 0 0
2018 8.7 0.0 2 0 0
2017 21.1 12.7 5 0 0
2016 16.4 12.3 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IA · Shenandoah

9,477 General warehousing and storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Shenandoah, 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 Global Specialty Fulfillment : FTW2 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Book Fairs - Baton Rouge 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR WH 8 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dallas Warehouse 13.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shenandoah Operations 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shenandoah Medical Center 332 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1683 161 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1683 156 FTE
NAT-TCR Challenger Pallet & Supply Inc. Idaho 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 314903-Las-Winterwood Sta 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 072341-Den-North Pecos Sta 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 241156-Centerville Po 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Hoganas Environment Solutions - Cary, NC 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lake Erie Electric - Mansfield Division 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Douglah Designs 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Furniture Rental-Vegas 25 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, 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.