Refrigerated warehousing · Iowa
North Ice Cream Freezer
Le Mars, IA · ~33 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 5.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
North Ice Cream Freezer runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refrigerated warehousing workplace, earning a grade D.
North Ice Cream Freezer: 7.3 TCR = 127% of Refrigerated warehousing BLS 5.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
North Ice Cream Freezer safety composite
North Ice Cream Freezer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 18%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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
−2.5
2016→2024
North Ice Cream Freezer injury rate improved
North Ice Cream Freezer's TCR fell 2.5 from 5.3 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 21.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.3 · 2017=13.1 · 2018=21.1 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 493120 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 7.3 · 127% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #27/35
- PHOTO Fresh Guys Warehousi…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 21 inj
- SIZE ~33 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Fresh Guys Warehousing Corp (0.0 TCR gap)
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North Ice Cream Freezer in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Siegel Egg Com
Siegel Egg Company
7.4 TCR
- Nor-Am Cold St
Nor-Am Cold Storage - Le Mars
7.4 TCR
- This site
North Ice Cream Freezer
7.3 TCR
- Fresh Guys War
Fresh Guys Warehousing Corp
7.3 TCR
- Cheney Brother
Cheney Brothers, Inc. - Ocala Facility
7.3 TCR
What this shows North Ice Cream Freezer averages 7.3 TCR (127% of the Refrigerated warehousing BLS benchmark).
North Ice Cream Freezer TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=13.1 · 2018=21.1 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=2.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 5.8
Where North Ice Cream Freezer falls in its industry
1,039 Refrigerated warehousing establishmentsSafer than 18% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 35 Refrigerated warehousing employers in Iowa.
North Ice Cream Freezer has fewer employees than the Refrigerated warehousing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.1 | 9.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 21.1 | 15.8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 13.1 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
493120 · IA · Le Mars
1,039 Refrigerated warehousing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 43 employers in Le Mars, 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 | Fresh Guys Warehousing Corp | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cheney Brothers, Inc. - Ocala Facility | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Siegel Egg Company | 7.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nor-Am Cold Storage - Le Mars | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's Marshalltown | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Select Genetics IA Hatchery & Logistics | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative | 33 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Keokuk Contractors LLC | 33 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Ice Cream Plant | 1,523 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center- Headquarter Employees | 413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Ice Cream Freezer | 397 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Favreau Electric, Inc | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coleman Concrete, Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | D & F Industries, Inc. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Saugus Construction Corporation | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Baldwin's Forest Products, Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nilssen's Inc. | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Magnolia Lighting, Hernando | 33 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Star Builders Inc | 33 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.