Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Sysco Iowa, Inc

Ankeny, IA · ~235 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sysco Iowa, Inc runs at 241% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Sysco Iowa, Inc: 5.3 TCR = 241% of Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sysco Iowa, Inc safety composite

Sysco Iowa, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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

−0.8

2016→2024

Sysco Iowa, Inc injury rate improved

Sysco Iowa, Inc's TCR fell 0.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 241% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #5/17
  • PHOTO Foodservice Louisvil…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 53 inj
  • SIZE ~235 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Foodservice Louisville - 0560 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sysco Iowa, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sysco Iowa, Inc averages 5.3 TCR (241% of the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Sysco Iowa, Inc TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=5.1 · BLS 2.2

Where Sysco Iowa, Inc falls in its industry

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merch establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 17 Groceries, general-line, merch employers in Iowa.

Sysco Iowa, Inc (235 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sysco Iowa, Inc
Sysco Iowa, Inc (235 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Sysco Iowa, Inc has more employees than the Groceries, general-line, merchant wholes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. 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 5.1 3.6 13 1 0
2023 4.9 4.1 11 1 0
2022 5.4 1.9 14 0 0
2016 5.8 5.1 15 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · IA · Ankeny

1,651 Groceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 Foodservice Louisville - 0560 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Altoona PA 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Performance Fox River - 0785 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Convenience Distributors, LLC - Tri-state Division Farmingdale 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Clinton - Main Store 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE DSM-ODFL 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE Veterans Memorial Hospital 235 FTE
STATE-SIZE northwest Mechanical 236 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Ozark Electric Cooperative- James River Office 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Premier Custom Built, Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Contract Pharmacal Corp. 250 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sprenger Health Care of Bluffton 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE UETHDA 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nazareth Living Center 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Industry Products Company 235 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulfstream AFW 235 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, 2016. 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.