Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation · Iowa

Pioneer International Hi-Bred

Name: Pioneer International Hi-Bred Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Algona, IA · ~115 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Pioneer International Hi-Bred runs at 34% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation workplace, earning a grade A.

Pioneer International Hi-Bred: 1.5 TCR = 34% of Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pioneer International Hi-Bred safety composite

Pioneer International Hi-Bred scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Pioneer International Hi-Bred: 0.0 → 3.1 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 3.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2023

Pioneer International Hi-Bred's TCR rose 3.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 3.1 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 34% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK #22/44
PHOTO Artzai, LLC
BOOK 3y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~115 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Artzai, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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VISALIA CITRUS

1.6
This site

1.5
Artzai, LLC

1.5
2528-Glyndon,

1.5
Birdsong Peanu

1.5

What this shows Pioneer International Hi-Bred averages 1.5 TCR (34% of the Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation BLS benchmark).

Pioneer International Hi-Bred TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where Pioneer International Hi-Bred falls in its industry

666 Seed processing, post-harvest establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 44 Seed processing, post-harvest employers in Iowa.

Pioneer International Hi-Bred (115 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pioneer International Hi-Bred 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
2023	3.1	3.1	2
2022	1.6	1.6	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

115114 · IA · Algona

666 Seed processing, post-harvest for propagation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Algona, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Artzai, LLC	CARUTHERS, CA	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2528-Glyndon, MN (Monsanto Co.)	GLYNDON, MN	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	VISALIA CITRUS PACKING GROUP INC WOODLAKE	WOODLAKE, CA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Birdsong Peanuts Blakely	BLAKELY, GA	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Smithfield Carroll	CARROLL	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	American Spirit Graphics	DES MOINES	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ajinomoto Health and Nutrition North America, Inc.	EDDYVILLE	115 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Engineered Plastic Components-545	GRINNELL	115 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Snap On Tools	Algona	403 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Food	Algona	258 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Kossuth Regional Health Center	Algona	241 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hormel Foods Corporation	Algona	241 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ctp - Tyndall Afb, Fl	Tyndall Afb, FL	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Reliable Biopharmaceuticals Corp.	Saint Louis, MO	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ndx Perry and Young Dental Lab	Aurora, CO	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mercedes-Benz of Beaverton	Portland, OR	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	SF Main Office	San Francisco, CA	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Axis, AL site	Axis, AL	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Belletech Corp	Bellefontaine, OH	115 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Anacortes	Anacortes, WA	115 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: 2023, 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.