Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing · Iowa

Iowa Falls Plant

Iowa Falls, IA · ~52 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Falls Plant runs at 42% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Iowa Falls Plant: 1.4 TCR = 42% of Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Falls Plant safety composite

Iowa Falls Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.6

2016→2020

Iowa Falls Plant injury rate improved

Iowa Falls Plant's TCR fell 1.6 from 1.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325193 · Iowa Falls, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 42% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/49
  • PHOTO Western Plains Energ…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Western Plains Energy, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Falls Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Falls Plant averages 1.4 TCR (42% of the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Falls Plant TCR series: 2016=1.6 · 2017=3.5 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Iowa Falls Plant falls in its industry

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 49 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufactu employers in Iowa.

Iowa Falls Plant (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 Iowa Falls Plant
Iowa Falls Plant (52 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Iowa Falls Plant has more employees than the Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 3.5 0.0 2 0 0
2016 1.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325193 · IA · Iowa Falls

228 Ethanol, nonpotable, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 27 employers in Iowa Falls, 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 Western Plains Energy, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairbank Plant 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co LLLP 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arthur Plant 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hospital 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Scenic Living Communities Inc 141 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1546 116 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1546 97 FTE
NAT-TCR Bhri Orlando 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR McConnell Excavating Ltd 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Peco Foods Hatchery 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics - Mich 2144 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Oceano Packing Company 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ash Resources, Inc 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Waukesha Metro Transit 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anilox Roll Company, Inc. 52 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.