Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses · Iowa

Oscecola Food, LLC

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Osceola, IA · ~893 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Oscecola Food, LLC runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses workplace, earning a grade B.

Oscecola Food, LLC: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oscecola Food, LLC safety composite

Oscecola Food, LLC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: B 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−0.9

2016→2018

Oscecola Food, LLC injury rate improved

Oscecola Food, LLC's TCR fell 0.9 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.3 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.3 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2018=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311612 · Osceola, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #8/32
PHOTO Hormel Food
BOOK 2y book
INJ 28 inj
SIZE ~893 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hormel Food (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.8
Hormel Food

1.8
Nestle Profess

1.8
Hummel Bros.,

1.8
Sopakco

1.8

What this shows Oscecola Food, LLC averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses BLS benchmark).

Oscecola Food, LLC TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2018=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Oscecola Food, LLC falls in its industry

613 Hams, preserved (except poultr establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 32 Hams, preserved (except poultr employers in Iowa.

Oscecola Food, LLC (893 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 202 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Oscecola Food, LLC has more employees than the Hams, preserved (except poultry), made f median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2018	1.3	1.0	10	3	0
2016	2.3	1.8	18	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311612 · IA · Osceola

613 Hams, preserved (except poultry), made from purchased carcasses employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 25 employers in Osceola, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Hormel Food	ALGONA, IA	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Nestle Professional	TRENTON, MO	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Hummel Bros., Inc.	NEW HAVEN, CT	1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Sopakco	BENNETTSVILLE, SC	1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IADES - DES MOINES	DES MOINES	901 FTE
STATE-SIZE	61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP	COUNCIL BLUFFS	903 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DES MOINES (IADES)	DES MOINES	878 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel	ALTOONA	877 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Osceola Food, LLC.	Osceola	931 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Osceola	Osceola	195 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Osceola WHS	Osceola	188 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 4606	Osceola	169 FTE
NAT-TCR	Durwood Greene Construction Co.	Stafford, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Shopko Hometown #554 (Andrews, TX)	Andrews, TX	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lehner Screw Machine	Munroe Falls, OH	1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Centerline Utilities, Inc.	Palm City, FL	1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Orlando (HR)	Orlando, FL	893 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Barnesville Hospital Association	Barnesville, OH	893 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Magical Cruise Company, Ltd.	Celebration, FL	893 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Olympic Fruit	Moxee, WA	893 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: 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.