Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Iowa
ECS - Hills
Hills, IA · ~161 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
ECS - Hills runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
ECS - Hills: 3.4 TCR = 153% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
ECS - Hills safety composite
ECS - Hills scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% 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
−4.2
2016→2017
ECS - Hills injury rate improved
ECS - Hills's TCR fell 4.2 from 5.5 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.5 · 2017=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424910 · Hills, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 153% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #56/154
- PHOTO Key Cooperative - Ne…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~161 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Key Cooperative - Nevada (0.0 TCR gap)
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ECS - Hills in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
ECS - Hills
3.4 TCR
- Key Cooperativ
Key Cooperative - Nevada
3.4 TCR
- Ellenton Ag Se
Ellenton Ag Services, Inc
3.4 TCR
- Watsonville CA
Watsonville CA
3.4 TCR
- 72882
72882
3.4 TCR
What this shows ECS - Hills averages 3.4 TCR (153% of the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
ECS - Hills TCR series: 2016=5.5 · 2017=1.3 · BLS 2.2
Where ECS - Hills falls in its industry
1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 154 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.
ECS - Hills has more employees than the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424910 · IA · Hills
1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 5 employers in Hills, 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 | Key Cooperative - Nevada | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ellenton Ag Services, Inc | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Watsonville CA | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 72882 | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Windsor Windows and Doors | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1683 | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2935 | 161 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PSSI - 0055 Tyson Foods Inc. - Waterloo | 161 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eldon C. Stutsman | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Eldon C. Stutsman - Hills | 195 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stutsman Transportation Inc. | 58 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Stevens Erosion Control | 32 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | West Columbia Air Ramp (Sccae) | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Prestonsburg (Kypre) | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Heritage Health - Danville | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Allyn Manufacturing Facility | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pototoc Spring | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 6400-Swy 0024 0053 | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bremerton (Wabre) | 161 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Norfolk (Vanor) | 161 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.