Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Johnston, IA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International: 1.5 TCR = 33% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International safety composite

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 3.01× in 2024

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2022 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 3.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Johnston, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 33% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #21/44
  • PHOTO Olam Americas Shelling
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Olam Americas Shelling (0.0 TCR gap)

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Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International averages 1.5 TCR (33% of the Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

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

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

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 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International (22 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International (22 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Johnston Parent Seed JHN1- Pioneer Hi-Bred International has fewer employees than the Seed processing, post-harvest for propag median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Johnston

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 76 employers in Johnston, 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 Olam Americas Shelling 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2401-Woodland, CA 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2528-Glyndon, MN 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2069-West Fargo, ND (Monsanto Co.) 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Financial Johnston 1,069 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSC 639 FTE
CITY-NEAR ChildServe Center 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Johnston Campus - JH60 Franklin 486 FTE
NAT-TCR Sugaright LLC 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Eagle Creek 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gunby Construction Company 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ace Sanitary 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Somerset Office 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE JP Industrial Troy 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ermine Arbys 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Roof Metals II 22 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.