Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc.

Name: Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Wapello, IA · ~24 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 1.9
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade C.

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc.: 1.9 TCR = 85% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. safety composite

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 12%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 1.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers
DART rate: F 6.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc.: 0.0 → 6.4 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 6.4 TCR · DART/TCR 3.4× in 2023

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc.'s TCR rose 6.4 from 0.0 in 2019 to 6.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 3.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Wapello, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.9 · 85% of ind

DART 6.4 DART
RANK #7/40
PHOTO Strykersville Mill
BOOK 5y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Strykersville Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. averages 1.9 TCR (85% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=3 · 2023=6.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. (24 employees, TCR 1.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Farmers Elevator & Exchange Inc. has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2023	6.4	6.4	2
2022	3.0	3.0	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Wapello

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Wapello, 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	Strykersville Mill	STRYKERSVILLE, NY	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Frontier Cooperative Elmwood	ELMWOOD, NE	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cargill - Reserve Grain	RESERVE, LA	1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Superior Ag Resources Co-op, Inc Harvest Lane	PRINCETON, IN	1.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Afton Warehouse	AFTON	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northwood Sow Unit	LAWLER	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Belmond	BELMOND	24 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clarion, IA	CLARION	24 FTE
CITY-NEAR	S&J Tube Inc.	Wapello	92 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Industries Incorporated (Iowa)	Wapello	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Industries Incorporated - Wapello Location	Wapello	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wapello Specialty Care	Wapello	40 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wieland Metal Services Foils, LLC	Alliance, OH	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Toto USA Fairburn	Fairburn, GA	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hartung Glass Industries - Phoenix	Phoenix, AZ	1.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	National Fire Suppression - Kansas City	Kansas City, KS	1.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Ace Technologies - Macon	Macon, GA	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	America's Thrift Store #24	Foley, AL	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Goat Construction Inc	Jacksonville, FL	24 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Carris Health-Litchfield West Clinic	Litchfield, MN	24 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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