Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Iowa

Perry Plant

Perry, IA · ~1,172 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
2
Fatalities
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The verdict

Perry Plant runs at 297% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade F.

Perry Plant: 9.8 TCR = 297% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Perry Plant safety composite

Perry Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 44% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 2

Safer than 2% 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

−10.6

2017→2024

Perry Plant injury rate improved

Perry Plant's TCR fell 10.6 from 16.0 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.0 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311611 · Perry, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 9.8 · 297% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #21/26
  • PHOTO Dorzar Corp.
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 291 inj
  • SIZE ~1,172 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dorzar Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Perry Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Perry Plant averages 9.8 TCR (297% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).

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

Perry Plant TCR series: 2017=16 · 2018=10.2 · 2019=7.7 · 2020=10.5 · 2021=10.4 · 2022=13.7 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Perry Plant falls in its industry

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishments

Safer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 26 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Iowa.

Perry Plant (1,172 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Perry Plant
Perry Plant (1,172 employees, TCR 9.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 297 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Perry Plant has more employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 5.4 3.2 20 12 0
2023 4.5 2.3 27 27 0
2022 13.7 12.7 24 137 0
2021 10.4 9.7 29 103 0
2020 10.5 8.5 39 98 2
2019 7.7 4.8 44 59 0
2018 10.2 7.4 47 84 0
2017 16.0 13.3 61 142 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311611 · IA · Perry

212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Perry, 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 Dorzar Corp. 9.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Finney County Plant 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yoder Meats 10.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northstar Packing, LLC 10.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mercy One Siouxland Medical Center 1,158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines (BAMG) 1,189 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Works Drive Train Operations 1,189 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company, LLC 1,190 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progressive Foundry 92 FTE
CITY-NEAR Perry - Main Store 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Osmundson Mfg Co 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR Percival Scientific Inc. 81 FTE
NAT-TCR Stericycle - Elizabeth,NJ 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oxnard Facility 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - E-TOWN 9.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Visalia Rescue Mission 9.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Guy Yocom Construction, Inc. 1,172 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. Paul Midway YMCA 1,172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Delta Air Lines - MS3 1,172 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casdi - San Diego Hub 1,172 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.