Farm supply stores · Iowa
New Century FS
Grinnell, IA · ~196 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
New Century FS runs at 102% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade C.
New Century FS: 3.5 TCR = 102% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
New Century FS safety composite
New Century FS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.69 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
−1.1
2019→2022
New Century FS injury rate improved
New Century FS's TCR fell 1.1 from 5.5 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=5.5 · 2020=1.0 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Grinnell, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 102% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #5/28
- PHOTO Armstrong Garden Cen…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~196 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Armstrong Garden Centers San Marcos 792 (0.0 TCR gap)
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New Century FS in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
New Century FS
3.5 TCR
- Armstrong Gard
Armstrong Garden Centers San Marcos 792
3.5 TCR
- Strein's Garde
Strein's Garden & Home Greenfield Store
3.5 TCR
- Grass Pad - Ba
Grass Pad - Barry Road
3.5 TCR
- Fillmore Retai
Fillmore Retail
3.5 TCR
What this shows New Century FS averages 3.5 TCR (102% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).
New Century FS TCR series: 2019=5.5 · 2020=1 · 2021=3.1 · 2022=4.3 · BLS 3.4
Where New Century FS falls in its industry
642 Farm supply stores establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 28 Farm supply stores employers in Iowa.
New Century FS has more employees than the Farm supply stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 1.8 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · IA · Grinnell
642 Farm supply stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grinnell, 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 | Armstrong Garden Centers San Marcos 792 | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Strein's Garden & Home Greenfield Store | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Grass Pad - Barry Road | 3.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fillmore Retail | 3.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines Branch | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodharbor Molding & Millworks, LLC | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Luther Care Services | 196 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co | 786 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America : Grinnell Windows | 474 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0403 - Windows-Grinnell | 436 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North America : Customer Experience US | 357 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | DDS Constructors, LLC | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 183 N Austin | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | EMJ co | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fitzmaurice Community Services | 3.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | SWPC Plastics, LLC | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Boston Scientific IP | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Felix Construction Company | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lunds & Byerlys, Roseville | 196 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.