Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Heartland Ag - Iowa

Ames, IA · ~44 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Heartland Ag - Iowa runs at 495% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Heartland Ag - Iowa: 10.9 TCR = 495% of Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Heartland Ag - Iowa safety composite

Heartland Ag - Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% 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

−10.8

2016→2018

Heartland Ag - Iowa injury rate improved

Heartland Ag - Iowa's TCR fell 10.8 from 17.4 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 17.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=17.4 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=6.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423820 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.9 · 495% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #67/70
  • PHOTO H & R Agripower Bent…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: H & R Agripower Benton, IL DBA FB McAfoos and Company (0.1 TCR gap)

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Heartland Ag - Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Heartland Ag - Iowa averages 10.9 TCR (495% of the Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Heartland Ag - Iowa TCR series: 2016=17.4 · 2017=8.7 · 2018=6.6 · BLS 2.2

Where Heartland Ag - Iowa falls in its industry

700 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #67 safest of 70 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant employers in Iowa.

Heartland Ag - Iowa (44 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Heartland Ag - Iowa
Heartland Ag - Iowa (44 employees, TCR 10.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Heartland Ag - Iowa has more employees than the Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesaler median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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
2018 6.6 2.2 3 0 0
2017 8.7 4.4 3 1 0
2016 17.4 0.0 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423820 · IA · Ames

700 Sprayers, farm-type, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, 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 H & R Agripower Benton, IL DBA FB McAfoos and Company 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Border Plains Equipment - Glasgow 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monroe Tractor-Albany 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hampshire 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms East 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR The Bridge At Farmington 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR John W. Thrower Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Reading Electric Motor Service Inc. 10.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 40 Kenwood Circle 10.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Transwaste Warner Robins 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Gaming Agency 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE SMI Manufacturing 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sleepy Creek Farms 44 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: 2018, 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.