Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grimes, IA · ~95 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes: 3.1 TCR = 92% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−1.4

2020→2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes injury rate improved

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes's TCR fell 1.4 from 4.2 in 2020 to 2.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=4.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 92% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #95/211
PHOTO Alamo Food Rite
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~95 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alamo Food Rite (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes averages 3.1 TCR (92% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes TCR series: 2020=4.2 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #95 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes (95 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 983 Grimes 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
2024	2.7	2.7	1
2023	2.5	2.5	1
2020	4.2	4.2	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Grimes

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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	Alamo Food Rite	ALAMO, TN	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0410	NAPLES, FL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1487	THE VILLAGES, FL	3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1590	HENRICO, VA	3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Richelieu Foods Grundy Center	GRUNDY CENTER	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4186 Cedar Rapids Box Plant	CEDAR RAPIDS	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Mobotrex Davenport	DAVENPORT	95 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BrandFX, LLC - Swea City	SWEA CITY	95 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National Carwash Solutions	Grimes	698 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Office	Grimes	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grimes - Main Store	Grimes	359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5748	Grimes	315 FTE
NAT-TCR	Buford	Buford, GA	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	BU-1 Rings St. Johns	St. Johns, MI	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0410	Naples, FL	3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Creative Foam - Bremen	Bremen, IN	3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	WGL MD - Chillum Road	Chillum, MD	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	357-NiSource-Valparaiso Central Stores	Valparaiso, IN	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tri-State Utilities	Chesapeake, VA	95 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arbors at Gallipolis	Gallipolis, OH	95 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.