Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Iowa

Paragon International

Nevada, IA · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Paragon International runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Paragon International: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Paragon International safety composite

Paragon International scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 27%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.0

2021→2022

Paragon International injury rate improved

Paragon International's TCR fell 3.0 from 6.5 in 2021 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=6.5 · 2022=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333241 · Nevada, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO Hansaloy Corporation
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hansaloy Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Paragon International in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Paragon International averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Paragon International TCR series: 2021=6.5 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Paragon International falls in its industry

215 Corn popping machinery (i.e., establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

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 15 Corn popping machinery (i.e., employers in Iowa.

Paragon International (34 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Paragon International
Paragon International (34 employees, TCR 5.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 85 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Paragon International has fewer employees than the Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manuf median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2021 6.5 3.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333241 · IA · Nevada

215 Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Nevada, 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 Hansaloy Corporation 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Koss Industrial, Inc. 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cokato 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reyco Systems Caldwell 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE BP Land, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belle Plaine 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE KR Farm Labor Services, LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Corporation 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Marketing Corporation 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Story County Medical Center 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary W Clem, Inc. dba ALMACO 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100835 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Freeman Regional Health Services 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kentwood Nursing Facility 5.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 100 - Orlando 5.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Willard Agri-Service of Lynch, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Uniflight 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6th Generation, Inc., dba A&A Enterprises 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Location - Main 34 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: 2022, 2021. 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.