Farm supplies merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Ralston Soy
Ralston, IA · ~34 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ralston Soy runs at 540% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm supplies merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Ralston Soy: 11.9 TCR = 540% of Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ralston Soy safety composite
Ralston Soy scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.13 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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
Ralston Soy: 10.2 → 16.0 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 29.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.77× in 2024
Ralston Soy's TCR rose 5.8 from 10.2 in 2016 to 16.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 29.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.77× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424910 · Ralston, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.9 · 540% of ind
- DART 9.1 DART
- RANK #146/154
- PHOTO Princeville IL
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 32 inj
- SIZE ~34 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Princeville IL (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ralston Soy in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ralston Soy
11.9 TCR
- Princeville IL
Princeville IL
11.9 TCR
- Bomgaars Suppl
Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Atchison
11.8 TCR
- Jacksonville P
Jacksonville Plant
11.8 TCR
- Bomgaars Suppl
Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Buffalo
11.8 TCR
What this shows Ralston Soy averages 11.9 TCR (540% of the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ralston Soy TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=15.4 · 2018=29.1 · 2019=13.7 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=13.9 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=16 · BLS 2.2
Where Ralston Soy falls in its industry
1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesa establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #146 safest of 154 Farm supplies merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.
Ralston Soy has more employees than the Farm supplies merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 | 16.0 | 9.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 29.1 | 14.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.2 | 6.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424910 · IA · Ralston
1,202 Farm supplies merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Ralston, 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 | Princeville IL | 11.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Atchison | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Jacksonville Plant | 11.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bomgaars Supply,Inc. - Buffalo | 11.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | BP Land, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2511-Beaman, IA | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Belle Plaine | 34 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | KR Farm Labor Services, LLC | 34 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ralston Corporate | 44 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | REG Ralston, LLC | 23 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ralston | 22 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 2671 Mor59 | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Champion Window of Kansas City | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Brookdale Denton North | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Residence at Valley Farm | 11.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Crown Technology, Inc. | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Coral Marine Services, LLC | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Blacktop Maintenance Corp. | 34 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brookdale Beavercreek | 34 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.