Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Creston, IA · ~99 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston: 2.3 TCR = 68% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.6 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.6 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 68% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #56/211
PHOTO Giant Eagle #0203
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~99 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #0203 (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.3
Giant Eagle #0

2.3
017-CLOVIS

2.3
FAREWAY STORES

2.3
Store 0049

2.3

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston averages 2.3 TCR (68% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston TCR series: 2020=4.6 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston (99 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 597 Creston 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	2.3	0.0	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2020	4.6	2.3	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Creston

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 35 employers in Creston, 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	Giant Eagle #0203	CHESTERLAND, OH	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	017-CLOVIS	CLOVIS, NM	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FAREWAY STORES, INC. 790 HARLAN	HARLAN, IA	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0049	CUMMING, GA	2.3 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	Townline	Creston	532 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Greater Regional Health	Creston	521 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Greater Regional Medical Center	Creston	433 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Foundry	Creston	353 FTE
NAT-TCR	Smithfield Packaging	Grayson, KY	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	017-CLOVIS	Clovis, NM	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ndx Stern Empire Laboratories	Houston, TX	2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	DeKoster Excavating, Inc.	Lynden, WA	2.3 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.