Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Iowa

Produce-Chariton

Name: Produce-Chariton Workplace Safety Data
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Chariton, IA · ~242 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.5
Avg TCR: 5.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Produce-Chariton runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade B.

Produce-Chariton: 3.5 TCR = 61% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Produce-Chariton safety composite

Produce-Chariton scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

Produce-Chariton: 3.2 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2024

Produce-Chariton's TCR rose 0.7 from 3.2 in 2023 to 3.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Chariton, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 3.5 · 61% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #13/35
PHOTO SnoTemp Eugene
BOOK 2y book
INJ 13 inj
SIZE ~242 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SnoTemp Eugene (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.5
SnoTemp Eugene

3.5
Gloucester - R

3.5
Cheney Brother

3.5
Zero Mountain

3.5

What this shows Produce-Chariton averages 3.5 TCR (61% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).

Produce-Chariton TCR series: 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.9 · BLS 5.8

Where Produce-Chariton falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 35 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Iowa.

Produce-Chariton (242 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Produce-Chariton has more employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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	3.9	3.3	7	0	0
2023	3.2	2.1	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · IA · Chariton

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 18 employers in Chariton, 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	SnoTemp Eugene	EUGENE, OR	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gloucester - Rowe	GLOUCESTER, MA	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cheney Brothers, Inc - GREENSBORO	GREENSBORO, NC	3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zero Mountain Lowell	LOWELL, AR	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	CLIVE IA - 3045	CLIVE	242 FTE
STATE-SIZE	IA - Google Council Bluffs	COUNCIL BLUFFS	242 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hormel Foods Corporation	ALGONA	241 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sole Transport L.C.	DES MOINES	243 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grocery-Chariton	Chariton	361 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Truck-Chariton	Chariton	338 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lucas County Health Center	Chariton	206 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Chariton Produce Commissary	Chariton	205 FTE
NAT-TCR	The Roofing Company, Inc.	Hampton, VA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - CMH7	New Albany, OH	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	5363 Lathrop Idc West	Lathrop, CA	3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	1284 Harriman	Monroe, NY	3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	D. H. Griffin Contracting Inc.	Duncan, SC	242 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Spitzer Industries - Orizon Division	Brookshire, TX	242 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RG&E West Ave	Rochester, NY	242 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Apple Valley Village Health Care Center	Apple Valley, MN	242 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.