Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona

Algona, IA · ~56 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona runs at 30% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona: 1.0 TCR = 30% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% 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).

B

82/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona held a steady TCR band

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=0.0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Algona, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 30% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/211
  • PHOTO 2603-26030028 V28
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2603-26030028 V28 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona averages 1.0 TCR (30% 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. 531 Algona TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=3.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 98% 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 #7 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona (56 employees, TCR 1.0) 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. 531 Algona
Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona (56 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 531 Algona has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Algona

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Algona, 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 2603-26030028 V28 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vowell's Marketplace #4 Louisville 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 717 MONTVALE 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR NAI-0035-0035-00870 FAC-00870-SILVER SPRING-MD 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Dodge Area Office 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rinderknecht Associates, Inc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Cities Engineering 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Nutrtion Group- Sheldon 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Snap On Tools 403 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Food 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Kossuth Regional Health Center 241 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods Corporation 241 FTE
NAT-TCR Societal CDMO Gainesville LLC 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Leamar Industries Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Wolfspeed - Marcy, NY 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Crane Worldwide Logistics - SEA 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northbrook Inn 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Akron Medical Office 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnnie Forte Center 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE S05851 - MN Winsted 56 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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