Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Iowa

Storm Lake Distribution Center

Storm Lake, IA · ~102 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Storm Lake Distribution Center runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade A.

Storm Lake Distribution Center: 2.1 TCR = 36% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Storm Lake Distribution Center safety composite

Storm Lake Distribution Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

70/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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

−2.6

2022→2024

Storm Lake Distribution Center injury rate improved

Storm Lake Distribution Center's TCR fell 2.6 from 3.5 in 2022 to 0.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.5 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Storm Lake, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 36% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #7/35
  • PHOTO ABW 3000
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABW 3000 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Storm Lake Distribution Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Storm Lake Distribution Center averages 2.1 TCR (36% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).

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

Storm Lake Distribution Center TCR series: 2022=3.5 · 2023=1.9 · 2024=0.9 · BLS 5.8

Where Storm Lake Distribution Center falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 35 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Iowa.

Storm Lake Distribution Center (102 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Storm Lake Distribution Center
Storm Lake Distribution Center (102 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Storm Lake Distribution Center has more employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2023 1.9 1.9 1 1 0
2022 3.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · IA · Storm Lake

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 31 employers in Storm Lake, 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 ABW 3000 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northport Distribution LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6082 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6071 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Shared Services Group 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Buresh Building Systems 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henningsen Const., Inc. 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Concrete Construction 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Storm Lake Plant 2,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR Storm Lake Turkey Plant 649 FTE
CITY-NEAR Buena Vista Regional Medical Center 386 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1526 273 FTE
NAT-TCR Nal Muscle Shoals Plant 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Down River - Stockton 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Switching Business Unit 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR MasTec MNS Wireless 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Western Specialty Contractors - Orlando 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Liberty 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Botetourt Health Care, LLC 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encore Healthcare and Rehab 102 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. 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.