Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Lester Feed & Grain

Lester, IA · ~20 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lester Feed & Grain runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Lester Feed & Grain: 2.9 TCR = 132% of Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lester Feed & Grain safety composite

Lester Feed & Grain scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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%).

Lester Feed & Grain held a steady TCR band

Lester Feed & Grain's TCR held near 0.0 from 5.8 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Lester, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.9 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #47/154
  • PHOTO Service and Supply c…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Service and Supply coop (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lester Feed & Grain in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lester Feed & Grain averages 2.9 TCR (132% of the Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Lester Feed & Grain TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.8 · BLS 2.2

Where Lester Feed & Grain falls in its industry

1,202 Animal feeds (except pet food) establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 154 Animal feeds (except pet food) employers in Iowa.

Lester Feed & Grain (20 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Lester Feed & Grain
Lester Feed & Grain (20 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Lester Feed & Grain has fewer employees than the Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 5.8 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · Lester

1,202 Animal feeds (except pet food) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Lester, 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 Service and Supply coop 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CPC Spalding Facility 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Imperial CA 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kahoka 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Pork, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms Iowa 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos Jacksonville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Pig II 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutchland Foods 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dutchland Frozen Foods 81 FTE
NAT-TCR Plaze St Clair 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Benchmark Electronics - PT Tempe 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sewell Infiniti of North Houston 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pacific Container Terminal Berths 247-270 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Continental Control Systems, LLC 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fragra*Matics 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Azura Memory Care of Sheboygan 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Azura Memory Care of Monroe 20 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.