Breakfast cereals manufacturing · Iowa
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant
Cedar Rapids, IA · ~664 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Breakfast cereals manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant safety composite
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.96 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant: 0.9 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 4.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2021
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.9 in 2016 to 4.3 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311230 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #5/8
- PHOTO Lancaster Ohio
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 85 inj
- SIZE ~664 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lancaster Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)
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General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Treehouse Food
Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH
2.3 TCR
- General Mills
General Mills (Albuquerque)
2.2 TCR
- This site
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant
2.1 TCR
- Lancaster Ohio
Lancaster Ohio
2.1 TCR
- Northfield Sou
Northfield South Distribution Center
1.9 TCR
What this shows General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Breakfast cereals manufacturing BLS benchmark).
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=4.3 · BLS 3.3
Where General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant falls in its industry
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 8 Breakfast cereals manufacturin employers in Iowa.
General Mills Inc. - Cedar Rapids Plant has more employees than the Breakfast cereals manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311230 · IA · Cedar Rapids
60 Breakfast cereals manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 | Lancaster Ohio | 2.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | General Mills (Albuquerque) | 2.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Northfield South Distribution Center | 1.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Treehouse Foods, Lancaster OH | 2.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cedar Rapids | 665 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VT Industries | 667 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 182414-DES MOINES IA P&DC | 654 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pella Corporation - Carroll Operations | 653 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) | 6,179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave | 6,172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CRST EXPEDITED INC | 3,475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Methodist Hospital | 2,949 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Pontotoc LTC Inc | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BW Container Systems - Lynchburg, VA | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Par Mar Corporate Office | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SSNA - 301 Mid America Blvd. | 2.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Friendship Retirement Community | 664 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CNH Industrial - Fargo | 664 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LBCLTXHV - AT&T Mobility Services LLC | 664 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C.R. Bard COV Non-Ops | 664 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.