Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain · Iowa

Pocahontas Elevator

Pocahontas, IA · ~16 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pocahontas Elevator runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain workplace, earning a grade D.

Pocahontas Elevator: 3.0 TCR = 135% of Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pocahontas Elevator safety composite

Pocahontas Elevator scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 72% 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).

C

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

Pocahontas Elevator: 0.0 → 11.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Pocahontas Elevator's TCR rose 11.9 from 0.0 in 2021 to 11.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424510 · Pocahontas, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/40
  • PHOTO WindRiver Grain L.L.C.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~16 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: WindRiver Grain L.L.C. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Pocahontas Elevator in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pocahontas Elevator averages 3.0 TCR (135% of the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain BLS benchmark).

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

Pocahontas Elevator TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Pocahontas Elevator falls in its industry

399 Grain elevators merchant whole establishments

Safer than 52% 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 #14 safest of 40 Grain elevators merchant whole employers in Iowa.

Pocahontas Elevator (16 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 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 020406080 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Pocahontas Elevator
Pocahontas Elevator (16 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 29 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Pocahontas Elevator has fewer employees than the Grain elevators merchant wholesalers gra 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 11.9 0.0 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424510 · IA · Pocahontas

399 Grain elevators merchant wholesalers grain employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Pocahontas, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR WindRiver Grain L.L.C. 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR STRYKERSVILLE 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fessenden Coop Association 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Star of the West Milling Company, Charlotte, Mi. 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Indian Creek 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dike 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE Signet Builders Inc. - Iowa Office & Shop 16 FTE
STATE-SIZE 103582 - Rivers Edge Parking Structure 16 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pocahontas Community Hospital 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR BrandFX, LLC - Pocahontas 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pocahontas Manor Care Center 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pocahontas Warehouse 28 FTE
NAT-TCR City's Towne & Country Launderers 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 199 - Gaines Twp 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Allegro Pediatrics 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Portland Dry 3.0 TCR

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. 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.