Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Iowa

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC.

Manson, IA · ~87 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC.: 4.9 TCR = 223% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. safety composite

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−5.4

2020→2023

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. injury rate improved

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 6.2 in 2020 to 0.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=6.2 · 2021=7.0 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 223% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #80/154
  • PHOTO Decatur
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Decatur (0.0 TCR gap)

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GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. averages 4.9 TCR (223% 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

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. TCR series: 2020=6.2 · 2021=7 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=0.8 · BLS 2.2

Where GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. falls in its industry

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #80 safest of 154 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. (87 employees, TCR 4.9) 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 GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC.
GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. (87 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

GROWMARK FS, a division of GROWMARK INC. has more 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
2023 0.8 0.8 1 0 0
2022 5.6 2.8 6 0 0
2021 7.0 1.8 8 0 0
2020 6.2 1.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · Manson

1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Manson, 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 Decatur 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 70354 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGS Retail - Point Comfort 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenpoint Ag-Covington-Fertilizer Plant 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Croell Concrete Paving Crews East 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Munson Electric 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Estherville Foods Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mason City Branch 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan-Manson 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society Manson 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR STAR Energy FS 46 FTE
NAT-TCR AZZ Galvanizing - Houston 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Centra Hospice-Lynchburg 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR office 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southview - Oak Park Senior Living 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anatometal LLC 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwest Division 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pierce Pacific Manufacturing 87 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.