Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon
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NEW SHARON, IA | Powders, baking, manufacturing
~24 avg employees | 6 years of OSHA data
Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon has an average TCR of 7.2, which is 175% of the industry average (4.1) for Powders, baking, manufacturing. This is worse than average.
Safety Insights for Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon
Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon operates an establishment with approximately 24 full-time equivalent workers in NEW SHARON, IA, classified under the Powders, baking, manufacturing industry (NAICS 311999). Across 6 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 10 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 7.2 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the D letter grade (Poor Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 4.1 for Powders, baking, manufacturing, Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon's workforce experiences 175% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 6 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 311999 — Powders, baking, manufacturing.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 47,523 hours worked = 4.21 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon (this establishment) | 7.19 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 6-year avg |
| Yeast manufacturing industry avg | 4.10 | BLS IIF, NAICS 311999 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 9.40 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Kent Precision Food Group- New Sharon to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2023: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2022: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 4 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 0 reportable incidents · 0 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2019: 2 reportable incidents · 2 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.4 | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19.5 | 14.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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