Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Grinnell Facility

Grinnell, IA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Grinnell Facility runs at 240% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Grinnell Facility: 5.3 TCR = 240% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Grinnell Facility safety composite

Grinnell Facility scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

2016→2017

Grinnell Facility injury rate improved

Grinnell Facility's TCR fell 3.7 from 7.1 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.1 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2017=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Grinnell, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 240% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #89/154
  • PHOTO Gateway FS, Inc. - B…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gateway FS, Inc. - Baldwin Agronomy (0.0 TCR gap)

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Grinnell Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Grinnell Facility averages 5.3 TCR (240% of the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Grinnell Facility TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=3.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Grinnell Facility falls in its industry

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #89 safest of 154 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.

Grinnell Facility (25 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Grinnell Facility
Grinnell Facility (25 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Grinnell Facility has fewer employees than the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 7.1 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · Grinnell

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grinnell, 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 Gateway FS, Inc. - Baldwin Agronomy 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Sac City 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR GROWMARK FS, LLC - CALEDONIA 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winchester 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Grinnell Windows 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0403 - Windows-Grinnell 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Customer Experience US 357 FTE
NAT-TCR FFD-Hamilton Place (dba Famous Dave`s) 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Spelts Schultz Truss 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 250-Uniontown 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC - Bardstown II 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Nurseries, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3105 Republic Services of South Carolina, Hilton Head 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCT - Sharonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE GCR - Dayton 25 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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