Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production

Aurelia, IA · ~77 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
0.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade C.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production safety composite

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 100% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production held a steady TCR band

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 0.0 TCR.

2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Aurelia, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #0/44
  • PHOTO JJ Loxahatche Wareho…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 0 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JJ Loxahatche Warehouse (0.1 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

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

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production TCR series: 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 100% 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 #0 safest of 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production (77 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production (77 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production has more employees than the Seed processing, post-harvest for propag median and a lower 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Aurelia

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Aurelia, 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 JJ Loxahatche Warehouse 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR JJ TN Warehouse 0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2563-Kihei - Maui, HI (Monsanto Co.) 0.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Residence - Crop Science 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hen Haven LLC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huxley, IA 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa City Service Center 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Home Town Restyling LLC 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cherokee-US-Production 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Accura Healthcare of Aurelia 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR First Cooperative Association Aurelia 21 FTE
NAT-TCR US Foods, Inc. Rosemont 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Conway 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Matt Bowers Nissan EasternShore 0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Matt Bowers Ford Metairie 0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pacific Electrical Contractors 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grande Communications Networks, LLC-Austin 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCN Telecom Services, LLC Arlington 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE 104796 - P1-105 Headworks Rehab & Expansion 77 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.