Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) · Iowa

Elkader

Elkader, IA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Elkader runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) workplace, earning a grade B.

Elkader: 3.1 TCR = 68% of Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Elkader safety composite

Elkader scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−99.3

2017→2020

Elkader injury rate improved

Elkader's TCR fell 99.3 from 102.3 in 2017 to 3.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 102.3 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=102.3 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115112 · Elkader, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/11
  • PHOTO Mustang Seeds, Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mustang Seeds, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Elkader in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Elkader averages 3.1 TCR (68% of the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) BLS benchmark).

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

Elkader TCR series: 2017=102.3 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=3 · BLS 4.5

Where Elkader falls in its industry

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. establishments

Safer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Aerial dusting or spraying (i. employers in Iowa.

Elkader (29 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Elkader
Elkader (29 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Elkader has fewer employees than the Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2018 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2017 102.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115112 · IA · Elkader

221 Aerial dusting or spraying (i.e., using specialized or dedicated aircraft) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Elkader, 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 Mustang Seeds, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Pioneer Macomb MAC1 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ranches 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAS Mattawa West 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML Forest City 0016 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Valley Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR C. J. Moyna & Sons, LLC 222 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mobile Track Solutions 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elkader Care Center 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bodensteinter Implement Company - Elkader Location 39 FTE
NAT-TCR Vectren Corporation - Danville 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fresno 3654 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Moultrie Georgia 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 635 - Dallas Branch - Rsg 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Genesis 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belvidere Fire Department 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCauley Bros. Inc. 29 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: 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.