Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa
Farmers Union Cooperative
Ossian, IA · ~112 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Farmers Union Cooperative runs at 291% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.
Farmers Union Cooperative: 6.4 TCR = 291% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Farmers Union Cooperative safety composite
Farmers Union Cooperative scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.41 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% 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%).
TCR Δ
−3.7
2023→2024
Farmers Union Cooperative injury rate improved
Farmers Union Cooperative's TCR fell 3.7 from 8.3 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.71× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=8.3 · 2024=4.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424510 · Ossian, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.4 · 291% of ind
- DART 4.5 DART
- RANK #31/40
- PHOTO Frontier Cooperative…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~112 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Frontier Cooperative Yanka (0.0 TCR gap)
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Farmers Union Cooperative in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Castlewood Far
Castlewood Farmers Elevator
6.5 TCR
- This site
Farmers Union Cooperative
6.4 TCR
- Frontier Coope
Frontier Cooperative Yanka
6.4 TCR
- Scoular Downs
Scoular Downs
6.4 TCR
- Gavilon Grain
Gavilon Grain - Fremont
6.4 TCR
What this shows Farmers Union Cooperative averages 6.4 TCR (291% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).
Farmers Union Cooperative TCR series: 2023=8.3 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 2.2
Where Farmers Union Cooperative falls in its industry
399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.
Farmers Union Cooperative has more employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424510 · IA · Ossian
399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 | Frontier Cooperative Yanka | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Scoular Downs | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gavilon Grain - Fremont | 6.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Castlewood Farmers Elevator | 6.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Diebold Nixdorf Urbandale IA | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C&S Products Co. Inc. - North Plant | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0057 LOWE S OF BURLINGTON IA. | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FAREWAY STORES, INC. 061 ANKENY | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Reilly Construction Co. Inc. | 183 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DyCast Specialties Corp | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mesa Verde Enterprises | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Giant Food Stores 6519 | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Foods Streator | 6.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Joe Wheeler EMC | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Donnewald Distributing Company | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Metal Solutions, Inc | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pratt Paper (IN), LLC | 112 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.