Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Harvest International Inc

Storm Lake, IA · ~86 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Harvest International Inc runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Harvest International Inc: 5.5 TCR = 165% of Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harvest International Inc safety composite

Harvest International Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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

−5.0

2019→2024

Harvest International Inc injury rate improved

Harvest International Inc's TCR fell 5.0 from 8.9 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Storm Lake, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 165% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #38/65
  • PHOTO HW Brand Manufacturing
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HW Brand Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Harvest International Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Harvest International Inc averages 5.5 TCR (165% of the Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Harvest International Inc TCR series: 2019=8.9 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Harvest International Inc falls in its industry

433 Planting machines, farm-type, establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 65 Planting machines, farm-type, employers in Iowa.

Harvest International Inc (86 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Harvest International Inc
Harvest International Inc (86 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Harvest International Inc has more employees than the Planting machines, farm-type, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 Illnesses Fatalities
2024 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2023 3.4 0.9 4 0 0
2022 5.5 3.2 7 0 0
2019 8.9 2.2 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Storm Lake

433 Planting machines, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Storm Lake, 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 HW Brand Manufacturing 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blount - Oregon (IL) 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Service Parts Organization 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEYER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hawkeye Paving Corp. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hometown Plumbing & Heating 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lovewell Fencing, Inc. 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Storm Lake Plant 2,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Storm Lake Turkey Plant 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buena Vista Regional Medical Center 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1526 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Western Consolidated Technologies 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CIVEMPCO - Elan Manatee, LLC 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlanta Rod and Manufacturing 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Red Wing Mn - 3199 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE MA021 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE MA006 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ahlstrom 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Napa LW Hospitality Corporation 86 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.