Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola

Indianola, IA · ~90 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola: 1.6 TCR = 46% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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

−2.4

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.4 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/211
  • PHOTO Giant Eagle #4124
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~90 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #4124 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola averages 1.6 TCR (46% 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. 657 Indianola TCR series: 2020=2.4 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #26 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola (90 employees, TCR 1.6) 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. 657 Indianola
Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola (90 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 657 Indianola 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 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Indianola

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Indianola, 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 Giant Eagle #4124 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Superior Grocers 126 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0574 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10631 Mandeville 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cactus Family Farms 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Urbandale South 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wyckoff Heating & Cooling 90 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graettinger 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1491 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1491 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indianola - Main Store 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cemen Tech, Inc 147 FTE
NAT-TCR Store 1 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Integrated Power Services Cleveland Service Center 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR GKN Aerospace Chem Tronics 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pepperidge Farm Richmond 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-951 AVIATION PARKWAY 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE AGT Foods - Minot 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE KJ's Market #629 90 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trailer World 90 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.