Hog and Pig Farming · Iowa

Handlos South

Harlan, IA · ~21 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Handlos South runs at 477% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hog and Pig Farming workplace, earning a grade F.

Handlos South: 21.5 TCR = 477% of Hog and Pig Farming BLS 4.5 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Handlos South safety composite

Handlos South scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).

F

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 25.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 1% 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

−8.6

2016→2024

Handlos South injury rate improved

Handlos South's TCR fell 8.6 from 34.4 in 2016 to 25.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 36.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=34.4 · 2017=14.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=20.5 · 2021=16.6 · 2022=23.7 · 2023=36.4 · 2024=25.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112210 · Harlan, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.5 · 477% of ind

  • DART 25.8 DART
  • RANK #37/40
  • PHOTO Newell Pig II
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Newell Pig II (0.1 TCR gap)

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Handlos South in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Handlos South averages 21.5 TCR (477% of the Hog and Pig Farming BLS benchmark).

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

Handlos South TCR series: 2016=34.4 · 2017=14.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=20.5 · 2021=16.6 · 2022=23.7 · 2023=36.4 · 2024=25.8 · BLS 4.5

Where Handlos South falls in its industry

280 Hog and Pig Farming establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #37 safest of 40 Hog and Pig Farming employers in Iowa.

Handlos South (21 employees, TCR 21.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7 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 0100200300400 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Handlos South
Handlos South (21 employees, TCR 21.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 26 employees and a TCR of 7.7

Handlos South has fewer employees than the Hog and Pig Farming median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.7. 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
2024 25.8 25.8 5 1 0
2023 36.4 31.8 4 4 0
2022 23.7 23.7 3 1 0
2021 16.6 11.1 2 1 0
2020 20.5 15.4 4 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 14.4 9.6 3 0 0
2016 34.4 19.6 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112210 · IA · Harlan

280 Hog and Pig Farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 25 employers in Harlan, 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 Newell Pig II 21.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Newport Farms, LLC. 21.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR PFF 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dogwood Sow Unit 21.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avoca Service Center 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Myrtue Medical Center 317 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monogram Prepared Meats LLC 272 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Engineering Company. Inc 151 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Engineering Co., Inc - Company Wide 125 FTE
NAT-TCR City of Lacey / Joint Animal Services 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0115 Lafayette 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 3392 Transmetco 21.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dunkirk Rehabilitation and Nursing 21.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Suncoast Paper and Chemical, LLC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chandler Industries - Long Prairie 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Barber-Webb Company Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE BAE Systems Electronic Systems HNH36 21 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. 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.