Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton

Newton, IA · ~68 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton: 5.4 TCR = 158% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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

−1.7

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton's TCR fell 1.7 from 7.6 in 2020 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.6 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 158% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #174/211
  • PHOTO AVON
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AVON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton averages 5.4 TCR (158% 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. 848 Newton TCR series: 2020=7.6 · 2023=2.7 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 41% 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 #174 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton (68 employees, TCR 5.4) 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. 848 Newton
Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton (68 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 848 Newton has fewer employees than the Grocery stores median and a higher 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 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2023 2.7 0.0 1 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Newton

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 55 employers in Newton, 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 AVON 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shop Rite of Somers Point 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Young Market 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Valley Market Place #54 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kirkman Farms, LLP 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rathbun Regional Water Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Contractors LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Mechanical - IA 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR TPI Composites LLC IA 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newton Correctional Facility 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progress Industries 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 748 229 FTE
NAT-TCR Triangle Roofing Services, Inc. 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Acuity Finishing 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mercy Hospital Springfield 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0707 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE National Distribution Centers LLC-9606 WEST HILLS COURT 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Loris IGA #619 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Desert Cove 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE KJ's Market #605 68 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.