Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing · Iowa

Rousselot - Dubuque

Dubuque, IA · ~87 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rousselot - Dubuque runs at 236% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Rousselot - Dubuque: 7.8 TCR = 236% of Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rousselot - Dubuque safety composite

Rousselot - Dubuque scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% 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

−6.0

2016→2024

Rousselot - Dubuque injury rate improved

Rousselot - Dubuque's TCR fell 6.0 from 9.1 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 236% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Waynesville Bulk Plant
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~87 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Waynesville Bulk Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rousselot - Dubuque in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rousselot - Dubuque averages 7.8 TCR (236% of the Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rousselot - Dubuque TCR series: 2016=9.1 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=15.5 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=6.8 · 2021=9.4 · 2022=3.4 · 2023=12.2 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Rousselot - Dubuque falls in its industry

485 Gelatin (except dessert prepar establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Gelatin (except dessert prepar employers in Iowa.

Rousselot - Dubuque (87 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Rousselot - Dubuque
Rousselot - Dubuque (87 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Rousselot - Dubuque has more employees than the Gelatin (except dessert preparations) ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 3.0 3.0 4 0 0
2023 12.2 11.1 11 0 0
2022 3.4 3.4 3 0 0
2021 9.4 7.0 7 1 0
2020 6.8 5.7 5 1 0
2019 3.5 2.3 3 0 0
2018 15.5 8.3 13 0 0
2017 7.3 6.1 6 0 0
2016 9.1 5.2 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · IA · Dubuque

485 Gelatin (except dessert preparations) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 Waynesville Bulk Plant 7.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Qualichem, Inc.- Plant 1 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Spraytech LLC 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arden Hills Pellet Facility 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Croell Concrete Paving Crews East 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Munson Electric 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Estherville Foods Inc 87 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mason City Branch 87 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR Lexington Plant 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fortune Metal, Inc. of RI 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR kings orchards, llc 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE NuMED Inc. 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE White City 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shell and Liquid Egg Production 87 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wellbridge of Clarkston 87 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.