Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, IA · ~103 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs: 4.5 TCR = 134% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

−4.4

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs's TCR fell 4.4 from 6.8 in 2020 to 2.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.8 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 134% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #148/211
  • PHOTO 801NWP
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~103 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 801NWP (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs averages 4.5 TCR (134% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

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

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs TCR series: 2020=6.8 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #148 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs (103 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs
Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs (103 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 073 Council Bluffs has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2023 4.5 2.2 2 0 0
2020 6.8 4.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Council Bluffs

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, 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 801NWP 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SB Houston 14 LLC 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0092 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0537 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Boone, IA 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Walnut Ridge Service Center 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fredericksburg Plant 103 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDT Coralville 2470 103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6183-61830022 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs IA 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Pinnacle Health Medical Services 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amadas Industries 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0092 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0537 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-1760 Intermodal Ave 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Creo Industrial Arts, LLC 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reschcor, Inc 103 FTE
NAT-SIZE MGK-HQ 103 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, 2020. 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.