Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing · South Dakota

RC-NSC

N. Sioux City, SD · ~219 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

RC-NSC runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

RC-NSC: 2.4 TCR = 61% of Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

RC-NSC safety composite

RC-NSC scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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

−1.0

2016→2019

RC-NSC injury rate improved

RC-NSC's TCR fell 1.0 from 2.2 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.2 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311111 · N. Sioux City, SD AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Fromm Family Foods
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~219 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fromm Family Foods (0.0 TCR gap)

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RC-NSC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows RC-NSC averages 2.4 TCR (61% of the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

RC-NSC TCR series: 2016=2.2 · 2017=4.5 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=1.2 · BLS 3.9

Where RC-NSC falls in its industry

302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned employers in South Dakota.

RC-NSC (219 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate RC-NSC
RC-NSC (219 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 103 employees and a TCR of 3.3

RC-NSC has more employees than the Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, fro median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2019 1.2 0.9 4 0 0
2018 1.6 1.2 4 0 0
2017 4.5 2.9 11 0 0
2016 2.2 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311111 · SD · N. Sioux City

302 Dog and cat food (e.g., canned, dry, frozen, semimoist), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in N. Sioux City, SD · 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 Fromm Family Foods 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR AB7 America 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Packaging Facility 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR RCR 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Journey Group 219 FTE
STATE-SIZE Berry Global Sioux Falls 219 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3853 221 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avera Health Avera Mckennan Campus 221 FTE
CITY-NEAR RSD 451 FTE
CITY-NEAR RNS-NSC 390 FTE
NAT-TCR 310 Walnut Extension 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Rebold Manor 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Clinic - Rice Street 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR West Chicago -AGCO Parts N.A. 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Meridian Nursing and Rehab - Brick 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert LLC 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rock Creek 219 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jostens - Shelbyville 219 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.