Ice cream manufacturing · Iowa
South Ice Cream Plant
Le Mars, IA · ~1,523 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
South Ice Cream Plant runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Ice cream manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
South Ice Cream Plant: 4.4 TCR = 132% of Ice cream manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
South Ice Cream Plant safety composite
South Ice Cream Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 33% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 1% 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
South Ice Cream Plant: 2.6 → 4.5 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 6.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.81× in 2024
South Ice Cream Plant's TCR rose 1.9 from 2.6 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 6.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.81× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311520 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 132% of ind
- DART 3.5 DART
- RANK P57
- PHOTO Kemps Rochester Ice …
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 366 inj
- SIZE ~1,523 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Kemps Rochester Ice Cream Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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South Ice Cream Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Brenham 01
Brenham 01
4.5 TCR
- Wheeling
Wheeling
4.5 TCR
- This site
South Ice Cream Plant
4.4 TCR
- Kemps Rocheste
Kemps Rochester Ice Cream Plant
4.4 TCR
- Graeter's Ice
Graeter's Ice Cream Company RGW
4.2 TCR
What this shows South Ice Cream Plant averages 4.4 TCR (132% of the Ice cream manufacturing BLS benchmark).
South Ice Cream Plant TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=3.5 · 2022=3.8 · 2023=6 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3
Where South Ice Cream Plant falls in its industry
111 Ice cream manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
South Ice Cream Plant has more employees than the Ice cream manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 34 | 27 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 55 | 38 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 29 | 27 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 34 | 17 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 38 | 24 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 56 | 19 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 52 | 25 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 48 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311520 · IA · Le Mars
111 Ice cream manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 43 employers in Le Mars, 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 | Kemps Rochester Ice Cream Plant | 4.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Brenham 01 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wheeling | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Graeter's Ice Cream Company RGW | 4.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center | 1,508 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center | 1,492 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Denison | 1,555 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines Works | 1,555 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 454 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center- Headquarter Employees | 413 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | South Ice Cream Freezer | 397 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | North Ice Cream Plant | 366 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ROSSVILLE | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Cass County Electric Cooperative | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AristaCare at Meadow Springs | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Redner's Warehouse Market Scranton | 4.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | California Department of Transportation Facility 207 | 1,523 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Honeywell Aerospace-Sky Harbor | 1,523 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kern Valley State Prison | 1,523 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | BP Whiting Refinery | 1,522 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.