Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Iowa

Ellsworth

Ellsworth, IA · ~40 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ellsworth runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Ellsworth: 2.7 TCR = 70% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ellsworth safety composite

Ellsworth scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 61% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 61% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ellsworth: 0.0 → 6.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.21× in 2024

Ellsworth's TCR rose 6.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Ellsworth, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.7 · 70% of ind

  • DART 6.0 DART
  • RANK #18/62
  • PHOTO Ridley Block Operati…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ridley Block Operations Pittsburg (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ellsworth in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ellsworth averages 2.7 TCR (70% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ellsworth TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=3.6 · 2019=1.7 · 2020=6.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=3 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.9

Where Ellsworth falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 61% 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 #18 safest of 62 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Iowa.

Ellsworth (40 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ellsworth
Ellsworth (40 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ellsworth has more employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m 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
2024 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2023 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 6.1 6.1 3 0 0
2019 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2018 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2017 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Ellsworth

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Ellsworth, 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 Ridley Block Operations Pittsburg 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Live Turkey - Dayton VA Feed Mill 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goshen 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Smith Feed Mill 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Best Veterinary Solutions, Inc. 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR IA Best Veterinary Solutions, Inc. 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR BVS Transportation LLC 24 FTE
NAT-TCR Bloomington 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta CTS 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR C019 Annapolis ROC 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Poteau Housecall 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Noffke Roofing 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watson Commercial Painting, Ltd. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Headquarters 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Branch 1 40 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.