Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson

Jefferson, IA · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson runs at 142% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson: 4.8 TCR = 142% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−11.6

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson's TCR fell 11.6 from 11.6 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=11.6 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 142% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #160/211
  • PHOTO The Fresh Market 025
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: The Fresh Market 025 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson averages 4.8 TCR (142% 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. 888 Jefferson TCR series: 2020=11.6 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 48% 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 #160 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson (72 employees, TCR 4.8) 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. 888 Jefferson
Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson (72 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 888 Jefferson 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2020 11.6 8.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Jefferson

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 9 employers in Jefferson, 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 The Fresh Market 025 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lowes Foods #169 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 0717 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10488 Avalon 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Two Rivers Gas 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denco Highway Construction Corporation 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest & Associate, Inc. 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKF Des Moines 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Greene County Medical Center 250 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wild Rose Casino 197 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson - Main Store 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR American Athletic, Inc. 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Lawrence Fabric Structures inc 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR BMD Galt 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Hospital for Special Surgery 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Insight FS - Darlington 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mellano & Company - Los Angeles Wholesale House 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cheraw IGA #657 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Schaefffler Group USA Inc. - Fort Mill 2 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brown Memorial Home 72 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.