Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance · Iowa

LeMars Terminal

Lemars, IA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LeMars Terminal runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade B.

LeMars Terminal: 2.3 TCR = 50% of Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LeMars Terminal safety composite

LeMars Terminal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

LeMars Terminal: 2.3 → 55.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 55.0 TCR · DART/TCR 8.11× in 2017

LeMars Terminal's TCR rose 52.7 from 2.3 in 2016 to 55.0 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 8.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Lemars, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 50% of ind

  • DART 18.3 DART
  • RANK #7/15
  • PHOTO TMC Transportation -…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TMC Transportation - Norwood HD DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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LeMars Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LeMars Terminal averages 2.3 TCR (50% of the Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

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

LeMars Terminal TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=55 · BLS 4.5

Where LeMars Terminal falls in its industry

1,026 Refrigerated products trucking establishments

Safer than 67% 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 #7 safest of 15 Refrigerated products trucking employers in Iowa.

LeMars Terminal (46 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate LeMars Terminal
LeMars Terminal (46 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

LeMars Terminal has more employees than the Refrigerated products trucking, long-dis 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
2017 55.0 18.3 3 0 0
2016 2.3 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IA · Lemars

1,026 Refrigerated products trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 6 employers in Lemars, 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 TMC Transportation - Norwood HD DC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9613-1501 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cadiz, OH Yard 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Three Rivers Location 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Hill Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Hessen USA Ottumwa 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Infrastructure 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pro-Visions - Le Mars 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR SmithCo Mfg Inc. 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 719 LEMARS 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR LeMars 32 FTE
NAT-TCR 0070 - Lubbock, Tx 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Snyder's Lance Hanover Manufacturing 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ottawa Cooperative Association 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisenbaker Builder Services - DAL 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Paul Jackson and Son, Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE TR Construction 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Waters of Minocqua 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Holiday Inn Express and Suites Madison - Verona 46 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: 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.