Dairy cattle farming · Iowa
Hickory Hill Farms
Hospers, IA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hickory Hill Farms runs at 72% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dairy cattle farming workplace, earning a grade B.
Hickory Hill Farms: 3.3 TCR = 72% of Dairy cattle farming BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hickory Hill Farms safety composite
Hickory Hill Farms scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% 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).
72/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 3.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% 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
−3.6
2023→2024
Hickory Hill Farms injury rate improved
Hickory Hill Farms's TCR fell 3.6 from 5.0 in 2023 to 1.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=5.0 · 2024=1.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 112120 · Hospers, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 72% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #4/4
- PHOTO Zuber Farms LLC
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~46 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Zuber Farms LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hickory Hill Farms in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hickory Hill Farms
3.3 TCR
- Zuber Farms LL
Zuber Farms LLC
3.3 TCR
- Boyett Farms I
Boyett Farms Inc.
3.3 TCR
- Porterdale Far
Porterdale Farms Inc.
3.3 TCR
- De Jager Dairy
De Jager Dairy North #1
3.2 TCR
What this shows Hickory Hill Farms averages 3.3 TCR (72% of the Dairy cattle farming BLS benchmark).
Hickory Hill Farms TCR series: 2023=5 · 2024=1.4 · BLS 4.5
Where Hickory Hill Farms falls in its industry
530 Dairy cattle farming establishmentsSafer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Dairy cattle farming employers in Iowa.
Hickory Hill Farms has more employees than the Dairy cattle farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.0. 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 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.0 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
112120 · IA · Hospers
530 Dairy cattle farming employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Hospers, 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 | Zuber Farms LLC | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Boyett Farms Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | De Jager Dairy North #1 | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Porterdale Farms Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Van Hessen USA Ottumwa | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Absolute Infrastructure | 46 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ricklefs Excavating,Ltd. | 46 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Den Hartog Industries | 323 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI / PREMIUM IOWA PORK LLC | 25 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 0044 Premium Iowa Pork LLC | 18 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Shawnee Senior Living LLC | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hill Top Home of Comfort, Inc | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Keeseville Ny | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | HarbisonWalker International | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lincoln Machine INC | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Camino Real Senior Living | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Worthington | 46 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Retreat at Carolina Bay | 46 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.