Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Kunau Implement -Preston
Preston, IA · ~23 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kunau Implement -Preston runs at 211% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Kunau Implement -Preston: 4.7 TCR = 211% of Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kunau Implement -Preston safety composite
Kunau Implement -Preston scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 24%), 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).
39/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.17 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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
Kunau Implement -Preston: 0.0 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 10.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.9× in 2024
Kunau Implement -Preston's TCR rose 4.2 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.9× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Preston, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 4.7 · 211% of ind
- DART 4.2 DART
- RANK #40/70
- PHOTO H & R Agripower - Ru…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~23 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: H & R Agripower - Russellville (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kunau Implement -Preston in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Kunau Implement -Preston
4.7 TCR
- H & R Agripowe
H & R Agripower - Russellville
4.7 TCR
- Ashland AG
Ashland AG
4.7 TCR
- Leonard Water
Leonard Water Services, LLC
4.6 TCR
- Bodensteiner I
Bodensteiner Implement Company Oelwein Location
4.6 TCR
What this shows Kunau Implement -Preston averages 4.7 TCR (211% of the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Kunau Implement -Preston TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=9.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 2.2
Where Kunau Implement -Preston falls in its industry
700 Planting machinery and equipme establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 70 Planting machinery and equipme employers in Iowa.
Kunau Implement -Preston has fewer employees than the Planting machinery and equipment, farm-t median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · IA · Preston
700 Planting machinery and equipment, farm-type, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Preston, 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 | H & R Agripower - Russellville | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ashland AG | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Leonard Water Services, LLC | 4.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bodensteiner Implement Company Oelwein Location | 4.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Remsen Farmers Coop | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M L Kapp Power Station 2 | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marshalltown Gen Station | 23 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Ames - Electric Distribution | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Plastics Unlimited | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Kunau Implement | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 70474 | 22 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hayward Healthcare and Wellness Center | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Macon Trading Post, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | BURNSVILLE | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TXH086 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | BnK Construction Inc. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Midwest Screw Products, Inc. | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Zero Waste Energy Development Company, LLC | 23 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bonannos New York Pizzeria #310 MGM Dome | 23 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.