Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Iowa
Sioux Center Harvest Plant
Sioux Center, IA · ~236 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sioux Center Harvest Plant runs at 159% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade D.
Sioux Center Harvest Plant: 5.3 TCR = 159% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sioux Center Harvest Plant safety composite
Sioux Center Harvest Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 1.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
Sioux Center Harvest Plant: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 10.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.24× in 2024
Sioux Center Harvest Plant's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2017 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Sioux Center, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 159% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #14/26
- PHOTO JBS Plainwell INC
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 94 inj
- SIZE ~236 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: JBS Plainwell INC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sioux Center Harvest Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sioux Center Harvest Plant
5.3 TCR
- JBS Plainwell
JBS Plainwell INC
5.3 TCR
- Nicholas Meats
Nicholas Meats
5.3 TCR
- Primary Beef-F
Primary Beef-Fresno CA
5.2 TCR
- Smithfield Den
Smithfield Denison
5.2 TCR
What this shows Sioux Center Harvest Plant averages 5.3 TCR (159% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).
Sioux Center Harvest Plant TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=10 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=5.5 · 2021=5.3 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Sioux Center Harvest Plant falls in its industry
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishmentsSafer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 26 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Iowa.
Sioux Center Harvest Plant has fewer employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.8 | 7.3 | 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · IA · Sioux Center
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Sioux Center, 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 | JBS Plainwell INC | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Primary Beef-Fresno CA | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Smithfield Denison | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nicholas Meats | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | northwest Mechanical | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nestle USA Waverly Iowa | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins (Manchester) | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Families First | 236 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Interstates/Harbor | 1,090 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Sioux Center | 456 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Foods - Sioux Center, IA | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Packaged Meats-LLC | 453 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ShopRite Of Wayne # 217 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ind School District 2683 | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MBA Building Supplies NE, Inc | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | California Vibratory Feeders | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Franklin Electric - Wilburton | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ranger Construction_Winter Garden | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ShopRite Of Hillsdale # 151 | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ALT | 236 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.