Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing · Iowa

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge

Duncombe, IA · ~83 workers · 4 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

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge: 1.4 TCR = 41% of Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge safety composite

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.2

2018→2021

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge injury rate improved

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge's TCR fell 1.2 from 1.2 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325311 · Duncombe, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.4 · 41% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Koch Fertilizer Beat…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Koch Fertilizer Beatrice, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge averages 1.4 TCR (41% of the Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge TCR series: 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge falls in its industry

85 Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous employers in Iowa.

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge (83 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge
Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge (83 employees, TCR 1.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge has more employees than the Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.1 1.1 2 0 0
2019 2.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325311 · IA · Duncombe

85 Ammonia, anhydrous and aqueous, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Duncombe, 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 Koch Fertilizer Beatrice, LLC 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Valders Agronomy and Grain 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pine Bend Warehouse 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koch Fertilizer Dodge City 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE W.A. Klinger, L.L.C. 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Paving Overhead East (7101) 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gethmann Construction Co., Inc. 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Koch Fertilizer Fort Dodge 76 FTE
CITY-NEAR NEW Cooperative Inc. - Duncombe 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR NEW Cooperative, Inc. - Duncombe Mill 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Batkowski Life Safety Corp. 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR AUSTIN FOAM/SEALED AIR CORP-Tenn 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Falls Orthpedic Clinic 1.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Aquatics 1.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kraemer North America - Minnesota All Other 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Tranzonic Companies - Corporate Office 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homerwood Hardwood Flooring 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbor Grove Village 83 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.