Fats, animal, rendering · Illinois

Ottumwa

Ottumwa, IL · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottumwa runs at 81% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fats, animal, rendering workplace, earning a grade C.

Ottumwa: 2.7 TCR = 81% of Fats, animal, rendering BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottumwa safety composite

Ottumwa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Ottumwa held a steady TCR band

Ottumwa's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.8 in 2016 to 2.6 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.8 · 2018=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311613 · Ottumwa, IL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 81% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/9
  • PHOTO Darling Ingredients,…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Darling Ingredients, Jackson MS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottumwa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottumwa averages 2.7 TCR (81% of the Fats, animal, rendering BLS benchmark).

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

Ottumwa TCR series: 2016=2.8 · 2018=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Ottumwa falls in its industry

151 Fats, animal, rendering establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Fats, animal, rendering employers in Illinois.

Ottumwa (36 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 050100150 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ottumwa
Ottumwa (36 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Ottumwa has fewer employees than the Fats, animal, rendering median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2016 2.8 2.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311613 · IL · Ottumwa

151 Fats, animal, rendering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois 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 Darling Ingredients, Jackson MS 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Darling Ingredients Inc. Hampton Extraction 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RVI-Cumming 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR John Kuhni Sons, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Illinois Foundation Seed Inc- Harvard 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE CHI Greenhouse LLC 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE MT ERIE COMPLEX -EST 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malta 36 FTE
NAT-TCR Norris Sales Company Inc. 2 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Sunoco Mariner East 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Infusion Partners (CarePoint Partners - Youngstown) - 1142 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Container 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Eugene Plant, Redemption Center, Route Operations 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4Front Engineered Solutions Mequon 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Globe Manufacturing Company-OK, LLC 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE Limon Wind Plant 36 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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