Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing · Iowa

Sheldon North

Sheldon, IA · ~29 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.1
Avg TCR
3.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheldon North runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sheldon North: 8.1 TCR = 207% of Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing BLS 3.9 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheldon North safety composite

Sheldon North scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−3.1

2016→2024

Sheldon North injury rate improved

Sheldon North's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.1 · 2017=16.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=10.8 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311119 · Sheldon, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 207% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #49/62
  • PHOTO FISHBELT FEEDS INC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FISHBELT FEEDS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheldon North in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheldon North averages 8.1 TCR (207% of the Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sheldon North TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=16.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=8.1 · 2021=5.8 · 2022=10.8 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.9

Where Sheldon North falls in its industry

756 Animal feeds, prepared (except establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 62 Animal feeds, prepared (except employers in Iowa.

Sheldon North (29 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 050100150200 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sheldon North
Sheldon North (29 employees, TCR 8.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Sheldon North has fewer employees than the Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and c 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 7.8 5.2 3 0 0
2022 10.8 2.7 3 1 0
2021 5.8 5.8 2 0 0
2020 8.1 8.1 3 0 0
2019 8.9 4.5 3 1 0
2018 12.1 7.2 5 0 0
2017 16.1 10.7 6 0 0
2016 3.1 3.1 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311119 · IA · Sheldon

756 Animal feeds, prepared (except dog and cat), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Sheldon, 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 FISHBELT FEEDS INC 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Main 8.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Akron 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SC BAKERY MEAL-EST 8.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML Forest City 0016 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Valley Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheldon Facility 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Wyk, Inc. 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheldon Medical Center 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR IA,SHELDON - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 188 FTE
NAT-TCR Juneau Alaska CS 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ipex USA LLC 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ROSEBURG 8.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Jans Corporation 8.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Belt Paving, Inc. 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Loomis Bros. Equipment Company 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA TX Houston Commercial 704377 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bridgeport 29 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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