Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills · Iowa

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC

Shell Rock, IA · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills workplace, earning a grade F.

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC: 8.8 TCR = 267% of Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC safety composite

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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

−11.6

2022→2023

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC injury rate improved

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC's TCR fell 11.6 from 14.6 in 2022 to 3.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 14.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=14.6 · 2023=3.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311224 · Shell Rock, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 267% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #28/32
  • PHOTO Emporia KS
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Emporia KS (0.2 TCR gap)

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Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC averages 8.8 TCR (267% of the Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills BLS benchmark).

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

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC TCR series: 2022=14.6 · 2023=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC falls in its industry

146 Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake an establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 32 Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake an employers in Iowa.

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC (43 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC
Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC (43 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Shell Rock Soy Processing, LLC has fewer employees than the Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, ma median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2023 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2022 14.6 14.6 0 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311224 · IA · Shell Rock

146 Canola (rapeseed) oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 11 employers in Shell Rock, 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 Emporia KS 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minnesota Soybean Processors 9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volga 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Benson Hill Ingredients 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unverferth Manufacturing, Shell Rock Iowa Location 310 FTE
CITY-NEAR Trinity Rail Maintenance Services #4036 131 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shell Rock Healthcare 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shell Rock Senior Living 55 FTE
NAT-TCR Affordable Lawn Sprinklers Warehouse 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Berkshire Investments, LLC 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Law Enforcement - High Point Jail 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 9940 Coborn's Warehouse/Distribution Center 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Crosby - Arlington 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Belt Technologies, Inc. 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Meridian Westland 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fabbro Marine Group, Inc 43 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.