Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing · Iowa

Newell

Newell, IA · ~43 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Newell runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Newell: 7.8 TCR = 200% of Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Newell safety composite

Newell scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−14.6

2018→2024

Newell injury rate improved

Newell's TCR fell 14.6 from 18.1 in 2018 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.1 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Newell, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.8 · 200% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #48/62
  • PHOTO Scotland County Feed…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Scotland County Feed Mill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Newell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Newell averages 7.8 TCR (200% of the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Newell TCR series: 2018=18.1 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=1.9 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.9

Where Newell falls in its industry

756 Animal feed mills (except dog establishments

Safer than 11% 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 #48 safest of 62 Animal feed mills (except dog employers in Iowa.

Newell (43 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Newell
Newell (43 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Newell has more employees than the Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) m 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
2024 3.5 3.5 2 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2022 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2021 11.2 2.2 5 0 0
2020 5.7 5.7 3 0 0
2019 10.5 8.8 6 0 0
2018 18.1 13.6 12 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Newell

756 Animal feed mills (except dog and cat) manufacturing 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 Scotland County Feed Mill 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leach Grain & Milling Inc. 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 707 Evans Street 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chandler Feed Company 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Good Samaritan Society Newell 55 FTE
NAT-TCR Boone Electric Puyallup 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lexington Plant 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortune Metal, Inc. of RI 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NMC Metals Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Products and Chemicals Glenmont Facility 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shields Construction Company, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tuckey Mechanical Services 43 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.