Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

Fremont, IA · ~107 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. runs at 21% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 21% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. safety composite

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2022→2024

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. injury rate improved

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 2.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 115114 · Fremont, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 21% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/44
  • PHOTO Sidney Grain Handlin…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~107 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sidney Grain Handling Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 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. averages 0.9 TCR (21% 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. TCR series: 2022=2.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

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

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 90% 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 #11 safest of 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 0.9) 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.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (107 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. 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 2.8 0.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Fremont

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Fremont, 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 Sidney Grain Handling Facility 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DuPont Pioneer Doniphan DON1 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Plymouth, IN 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2563-Kihei, HI 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Larson Construction Co., Inc. 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palmer Candy Company Bluff St 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE PDM Precast 107 FTE
STATE-SIZE IA040 Fort Dodge Gypsum 107 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Hedrick HED1 170 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production 134 FTE
NAT-TCR Ryder El Paso 9115 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Peloton Studios New York 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Schenck USA Corp. - HQ Deer Park 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Terminal Logistics 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sierra Vista Behavioral Health Center 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE APTIV Services US, LLC (Plant 10) 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Watson Bowman Acme 107 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sprenger Health Care of Port Royal 107 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.