Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

G & A MaxYield

West Bend, IA · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

G & A MaxYield runs at 230% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

G & A MaxYield: 5.1 TCR = 230% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

G & A MaxYield safety composite

G & A MaxYield scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

G & A MaxYield: 5.5 → 6.9 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 6.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

G & A MaxYield's TCR rose 1.4 from 5.5 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · West Bend, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.1 · 230% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #29/40
  • PHOTO Moses Lake Bulk Plant
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Moses Lake Bulk Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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G & A MaxYield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows G & A MaxYield averages 5.1 TCR (230% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

G & A MaxYield TCR series: 2017=5.5 · 2018=2.9 · 2019=6.9 · BLS 2.2

Where G & A MaxYield falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

G & A MaxYield (39 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 10203040506070 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate G & A MaxYield
G & A MaxYield (39 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

G & A MaxYield 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
2019 6.9 0.0 2 0 0
2018 2.9 0.0 1 0 0
2017 5.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · West Bend

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in West Bend, 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 Moses Lake Bulk Plant 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mid Kansas Cooperative - Moundridge Grain & Agronomy 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gavilon Grain - Rock Port 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Farmward - Morgan 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGDC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience: MRN1: Marion IA R&D 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crystal Lake 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Bend Health and Rehabilitation 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR West Bend Health and Rehab 47 FTE
CITY-NEAR NEW Cooperative Inc. - West Bend 22 FTE
NAT-TCR 6795-16714B01TA 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Dallas - 61 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Midsouth Steel, LLC 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ring 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE MDG 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Minutemen 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fir Grove Elementary School 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Form A Feed New Richmond 39 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.