Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton

Thornton, IA · ~17 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade D.

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton: 3.5 TCR = 161% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton safety composite

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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%).

Rising injury rate

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton: 0.0 → 9.1 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 12.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.56× in 2021

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton's TCR rose 9.1 from 0.0 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 2.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Thornton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 161% of ind

  • DART 9.1 DART
  • RANK #19/40
  • PHOTO Kennebec Ag/Terminal
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kennebec Ag/Terminal (0.0 TCR gap)

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North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton averages 3.5 TCR (161% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=12.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=9.1 · BLS 2.2

Where North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton (17 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 020406080 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton
North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton (17 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

North Iowa Cooperative- Thornton has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 9.1 9.1 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 12.1 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Thornton

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Kennebec Ag/Terminal 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Langdon 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Century Ag 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hemingford 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Corning) 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE C26 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spencer #025 17 FTE
NAT-TCR TT-Poughkeepsie CSC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Care Connections Fort Scott 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Gosnold, Inc. Cataumet 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Clements Nut Company 3.5 TCR

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, 2020, 2019, 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.