Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores · Iowa

Spencer - Main Store

Name: Spencer - Main Store Workplace Safety Data
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Spencer, IA · ~169 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Spencer - Main Store runs at 97% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Spencer - Main Store: 3.3 TCR = 97% of Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spencer - Main Store safety composite

Spencer - Main Store scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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): C 3.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

Spencer - Main Store: 1.9 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024

Spencer - Main Store's TCR rose 2.9 from 1.9 in 2023 to 4.8 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Spencer, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 97% of ind

DART 1.9 DART
RANK #99/211
PHOTO Giant Eagle #0041
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~169 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Giant Eagle #0041 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Giant Eagle #0

3.3
Lowes Foods #2

3.3
Store 0418

3.3
Store 0454

3.3

What this shows Spencer - Main Store averages 3.3 TCR (97% of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores BLS benchmark).

Spencer - Main Store TCR series: 2023=1.9 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Spencer - Main Store falls in its industry

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #99 safest of 211 Supermarkets and Other Grocery employers in Iowa.

Spencer - Main Store (169 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Spencer - Main Store has more employees than the Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Co median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024	4.8	1.9	5	0	0
2023	1.9	0.9	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Spencer

30,654 Supermarkets and Other Grocery except Convenience Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #0041	LEECHBURG, PA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lowes Foods #265	MOUNT PLEASANT, SC	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0418	CAPE CORAL, FL	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0454	AVENTURA, FL	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	4317 Sioux City IA South Container	SIOUX CITY	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ColorFx Urbandale	URBANDALE	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc.	ATLANTIC	169 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Talk To Me Technologies, LLC	CEDAR FALLS	169 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arnold Motor Supply	Spencer	764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Hospital	Spencer	516 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Municipal Hospital	Spencer	515 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2714	Spencer	221 FTE
NAT-TCR	Viking Range, LLC - Corporate & IT Offices	Greenwood, MS	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	USA Berry Farms	Salinas, CA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dyco, Inc.	Bloomsburg, PA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	ShopRite of Huntington	Huntington, NY	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dot Foods, Inc. Vidalia, GA	Vidalia, GA	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Primal Pet Foods	Fairfield, CA	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Columbus McKinnon - Wadesboro	Wadesboro, NC	169 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Leaders Furniture Distribution Center	Largo, FL	169 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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