Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers · Iowa

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson

Pierson, IA · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson runs at 645% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson: 14.2 TCR = 645% of Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson safety composite

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.5

2016→2021

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson injury rate improved

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson's TCR fell 8.5 from 18.3 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 24.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=18.3 · 2017=24.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2021=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 14.2 · 645% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #152/154
  • PHOTO QC Supply - Livermor…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: QC Supply - Livermore, KY (0.0 TCR gap)

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NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson averages 14.2 TCR (645% of the Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson TCR series: 2016=18.3 · 2017=24.8 · 2018=3.9 · 2021=9.8 · BLS 2.2

Where NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson falls in its industry

1,202 Fertilizer and fertilizer mate establishments

Safer than 2% 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 #152 safest of 154 Fertilizer and fertilizer mate employers in Iowa.

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson (22 employees, TCR 14.2) 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 NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson
NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson (22 employees, TCR 14.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

NEW Cooperative Inc. - Pierson has fewer employees than the Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merc median and a higher 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 9.8 4.9 2 0 0
2018 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2017 24.8 17.7 7 0 0
2016 18.3 4.6 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · Pierson

1,202 Fertilizer and fertilizer materials merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 QC Supply - Livermore, KY 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Caledonia 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transchemical Inc 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR H.B. Ag, Inc. 14.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 FTE
NAT-TCR Harston Hall 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Remlap Construction, Inc. 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Hamden 14.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Garden Terrace Healthcare 14.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE KSC01 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amerhart Ltd. - Williamsburg 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE HES Louisville 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Coast Distribution Center 22 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, 2018, 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.