Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Decorah, IA · ~107 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah: 4.1 TCR = 120% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah: 0.0 → 8.6 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 2.09× in 2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah's TCR rose 8.6 from 0.0 in 2020 to 8.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Decorah, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 120% of ind

DART 8.6 DART
RANK #129/211
PHOTO Lowes Foods #223
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #223 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Store 0582

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Store 0618

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What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah averages 4.1 TCR (120% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=3.7 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #129 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah (107 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 589 Decorah 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	8.6	8.6	4
2023	3.7	1.9	2
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Decorah

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 38 employers in Decorah, 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	Lowes Foods #223	LITTLE RIVER, SC	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rouses Market #47	DIAMONDHEAD, MS	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0582	TAMPA, FL	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0618	WESLEY CHAPEL, FL	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.	FREMONT	107 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Larson Construction Co., Inc.	INDEPENDENCE	107 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Palmer Candy Company Bluff St	SIOUX CITY	107 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PDM Precast	DES MOINES	107 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Luther College	Decorah	1,279 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decorah Human Services	Decorah	575 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Decorah Store	Decorah	575 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WinnMed	Decorah	557 FTE
NAT-TCR	Delaware Park Management Co. LLC	Wilmington, DE	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	WRR Environmental Services	Eau Claire, WI	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0582	Tampa, FL	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0618	Wesley Chapel, FL	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	292-NiSource-Columbus OH-East Op Ctr	Columbus, OH	107 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Milton J Wood Fire Protection, INC.	Jacksonville, FL	107 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Braemar Living at Medford	Medford, NY	107 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bay Advanced Technologies	Cleveland, OH	107 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.