Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · Iowa

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood

Larchwood, IA · ~170 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood runs at 153% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood: 5.1 TCR = 153% of Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood safety composite

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−6.3

2016→2017

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood injury rate improved

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood's TCR fell 6.3 from 8.2 in 2016 to 1.9 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.2 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.2 · 2017=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325414 · Larchwood, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 153% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #9/11
  • PHOTO Atara Biotherapeutic…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~170 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Atara Biotherapeutics - ION (0.1 TCR gap)

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Elanco Animal Health Larchwood in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elanco Animal Health Larchwood averages 5.1 TCR (153% of the Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood TCR series: 2016=8.2 · 2017=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Elanco Animal Health Larchwood falls in its industry

234 Pharmaceutical Preparation Man establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 11 Pharmaceutical Preparation Man employers in Iowa.

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood (170 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2 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 0246 Average employees Total Case Rate Elanco Animal Health Larchwood
Elanco Animal Health Larchwood (170 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 198 employees and a TCR of 1.2

Elanco Animal Health Larchwood has fewer employees than the Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.2. 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
2017 1.9 1.9 3 0 0
2016 8.2 2.7 10 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325414 · IA · Larchwood

234 Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 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 Atara Biotherapeutics - ION 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MilliporeSigma - Broadway 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR EnviroZyme 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teknova 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Hedrick HED1 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woodruff Construction, Inc 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE DFA FLUID - LEMARS IA - LINCOLN ST 170 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Plant 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elanco Larchwood 83 FTE
NAT-TCR Peterson Home Health Care Services 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Semrock Inc. 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 0174 - Grand Junction, Co 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Arlington (Txarl) 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erie (Paeri) 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Orange (Ctora) 170 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industrial Park - Yarn 170 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.