Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque

Name: Gavilon Grain - Dubuque Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dubuque, IA · ~29 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.7
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade F.

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque: 4.7 TCR = 211% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque safety composite

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 4.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque held a steady TCR band

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque's TCR held near 0.1 from 3.7 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 211% of ind

DART 3.8 DART
RANK #27/40
PHOTO Conrad Grain Facility
BOOK 7y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Conrad Grain Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.7
Conrad Grain F

4.7
Crowville

4.7
Hazelton

4.7
South Beloit

4.6

What this shows Gavilon Grain - Dubuque averages 4.7 TCR (211% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Gavilon Grain - Dubuque falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque (29 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Gavilon Grain - Dubuque 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
2022	3.8	3.8	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	7.7	7.7	2
2019	8.9	4.5	2
2018	4.4	0.0	1
2017	3.9	0.0	1
2016	3.7	3.7	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Dubuque

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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	Conrad Grain Facility	CONRAD, IA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Crowville	CROWVILLE, LA	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hazelton	HAZELTON, ID	4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	South Beloit	SOUTH BELOIT, IL	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FDML Forest City 0016	FOREST CITY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dogwood Sow Unit	CHESTER	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southwood Sow Unit	SUMNER	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Montgomery Valley Farms	VILLISCA	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Dubuque Works	Dubuque	2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE	Dubuque	1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Dubuque	Dubuque	1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc	Dubuque	1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR	Southern Concrete Materials - Waynesville Plant 40	Waynesville, NC	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	2453-00060351-60351O	Bakersfield, CA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	664 - Plymouth	Plymouth, MA	4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lunds & Byerlys, 50th Street Edina	Edina, MN	4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Killian Pacific	Vancouver, WA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Emergency Medical Services	Enfield, CT	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kross Kut LLC	Mamou, LA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	UGI Central Penn Gas Wellsboro	Wellsboro, PA	29 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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