Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Iowa
Louisa County Plant
Columbus Junction, IA · ~1,248 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Louisa County Plant runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade D.
Louisa County Plant: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Louisa County Plant safety composite
Louisa County Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- DART rate
- A 0.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
−6.1
2017→2024
Louisa County Plant injury rate improved
Louisa County Plant's TCR fell 6.1 from 7.7 in 2017 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=7.7 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.4 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Columbus Junction, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind
- DART 0.6 DART
- RANK #15/26
- PHOTO Creekstone Farms Pre…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 184 inj
- SIZE ~1,248 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Louisa County Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Louisa County Plant
5.4 TCR
- Creekstone Far
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC
5.4 TCR
- Nicholas Meats
Nicholas Meats
5.3 TCR
- Sioux Center H
Sioux Center Harvest Plant
5.3 TCR
- JBS Plainwell
JBS Plainwell INC
5.3 TCR
What this shows Louisa County Plant averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).
Louisa County Plant TCR series: 2017=7.7 · 2018=7.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=3.4 · 2022=11.7 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.3
Where Louisa County Plant falls in its industry
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishmentsSafer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 26 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Iowa.
Louisa County Plant has more employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 19 | 11 | 0 |
| 2022 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 14 | 127 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 12 | 31 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 52 | 46 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 53 | 44 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · IA · Columbus Junction
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 6 employers in Columbus Junction, 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 | Creekstone Farms Premium Beef LLC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nicholas Meats | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sioux Center Harvest Plant | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBS Plainwell INC | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Davenport Works | 1,247 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mary Greeley Medical Center | 1,277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Luther College | 1,279 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI / TYSON FOODS INC. - COLUMBUS JUNCTION | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Louisa County Freezer | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | PSSI - 0057 Tyson Foods Inc. - Columbus Junction | 73 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Colonial Manor | 59 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | BR05 Vacaville | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Young Market | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Colorado TBC | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Simpsonville Medical Campus | 5.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Instrumentation Laboratory | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | John Deere Horicon Works | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Trace3, LLC | 1,248 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | IGHL | 1,248 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.