Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils · Iowa
Feed Energy 3121
Des Moines, IA · ~39 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Feed Energy 3121 runs at 533% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.6
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.3
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 22
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Feed Energy 3121's OSHA Total Case Rate of 17.6 to the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils BLS benchmark of 3.3 (533% of benchmark) across 4 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.
Injury rate over time
Feed Energy 3121's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.3 industry benchmark.
Where Feed Energy 3121 falls in its industry
92 Grease, inedible, animal and v establishmentsSafer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 9 Grease, inedible, animal and v employers in Iowa.
Trend analysis for Feed Energy 3121
Between 2021 and 2024, Feed Energy 3121's Total Case Rate worsened from 14.0 to 22.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 58% increase across 3 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 4.7, while 2023 saw the highest rate, at 29.4, a spread of 24.7 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 4 reporting years, Feed Energy 3121 recorded 22 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 4-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
The 22 injuries, 2 illnesses shown on this page for Feed Energy 3121 are sourced from its own 4 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311225 - Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
What is the DART rate formula?
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
4 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 63,064 hours worked = 12.69 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Feed Energy 3121 (this establishment) | 17.59 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 4-year avg |
| Margarine-butter blend made from purchased fats and oils industry avg | 3.30 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311225 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 5.33 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Feed Energy 3121 to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 7 reportable incidents · 6 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 9 reportable incidents · 9 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 6 reportable incidents · 5 injuries, 1 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.2 | 12.7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29.4 | 19.6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Feed Energy 3121's reported OSHA injury record versus its Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 533% of the Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils benchmark, Feed Energy 3121 reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Grease, inedible, animal and vegetable, refining and blending purchased oils sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.