Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Independence, IA · ~99 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.9
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence: 3.9 TCR = 115% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−3.7

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence's TCR fell 3.7 from 6.5 in 2020 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.7× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.5 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 115% of ind

DART 2.8 DART
RANK #125/211
PHOTO Morgantown Location
BOOK 3y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Morgantown Location (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence averages 3.9 TCR (115% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence TCR series: 2020=6.5 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #125 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence (99 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 479 Independence 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
2024	2.8	2.8	1
2023	2.5	2.5	1
2020	6.5	4.3	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Independence

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Morgantown Location	MORGANTOWN, PA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rockford 30	ROCKFORD, IL	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #0015	NORTH VERSAILES, PA	3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SAYRE	SAYRE, PA	3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Guthrie Center Egg Farm	GUTHRIE CENTER	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Grinnell, IA-FND	GRINNELL	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iowa Civil Contracting, Inc.	VICTOR	99 FTE
STATE-SIZE	D. C. Taylor Co Cedar Rapids- Iowa	CEDAR RAPIDS	99 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Indepedence Store	Independence	524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO	Independence	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center	Independence	260 FTE
CITY-NEAR	INDEPENDENCE PLANT	Independence	244 FTE
NAT-TCR	National Distribution Centers LLC-7600 COMMERCIAL WAY	Henderson, NV	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	033-MULESHOE	Muleshoe, TX	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	WGL MD - Northwest Station	Rockville, MD	3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Vacutech	Sheridan, WY	3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center	Warsaw, IN	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chagrin Falls Family Hlth Ctr	South Russell, OH	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Huntley Fire Protection District	Huntley, IL	99 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CLAAS of America	Omaha, NE	99 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.