Plows, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Herschel Indianola

Indianola, IA · ~42 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Herschel Indianola runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plows, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Herschel Indianola: 3.6 TCR = 108% of Plows, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Herschel Indianola safety composite

Herschel Indianola scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.3

2016→2022

Herschel Indianola injury rate improved

Herschel Indianola's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.1 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 5.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Indianola, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #21/65
  • PHOTO Camso Manufacturing …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Camso Manufacturing USA, Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Herschel Indianola in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Herschel Indianola averages 3.6 TCR (108% of the Plows, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Herschel Indianola TCR series: 2016=4.1 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=5 · 2019=0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Herschel Indianola falls in its industry

433 Plows, farm-type, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 69% 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 #21 safest of 65 Plows, farm-type, manufacturin employers in Iowa.

Herschel Indianola (42 employees, TCR 3.6) 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 Herschel Indianola
Herschel Indianola (42 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Herschel Indianola has fewer employees than the Plows, farm-type, manufacturing median and a lower 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
2022 2.8 0.0 1 0 0
2021 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2020 5.7 5.7 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2017 4.7 4.7 2 0 0
2016 4.1 2.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Indianola

433 Plows, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Indianola, 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 Camso Manufacturing USA, Ltd. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yetter Manufacturing Company 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Noffsinger Manufacturing Company Inc - Colorado 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGI Yargus Manufacturing, Inc. 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley West 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ICF Goldfield 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-33 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Dysart SPSC 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1491 282 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1491 273 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indianola - Main Store 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cemen Tech, Inc 147 FTE
NAT-TCR Harrah'S Resort Atlantic City Hotel & Casino 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pavestone - MSYP 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store #636 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 417542-Scranton Pa P&Dc 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Empresas Berrios Cobros Y Credito 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2039-Charlotte Knights 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3495-11DA551 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE HG418 42 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.