General combination animal farming · Iowa

Trans Ova Genetics LC

Sioux Center, IA · ~91 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Trans Ova Genetics LC runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General combination animal farming workplace, earning a grade C.

Trans Ova Genetics LC: 3.8 TCR = 85% of General combination animal farming BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trans Ova Genetics LC safety composite

Trans Ova Genetics LC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 66% 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.3 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% 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

Trans Ova Genetics LC: 2.9 → 3.9 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 5.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.34× in 2023

Trans Ova Genetics LC's TCR rose 1.0 from 2.9 in 2020 to 3.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 112990 · Sioux Center, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK P62
  • PHOTO Reptiles by Mack, LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Reptiles by Mack, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Trans Ova Genetics LC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Trans Ova Genetics LC averages 3.8 TCR (85% of the General combination animal farming BLS benchmark).

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

Trans Ova Genetics LC TCR series: 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=5.8 · 2023=3.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Trans Ova Genetics LC falls in its industry

34 General combination animal far establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Trans Ova Genetics LC (91 employees, TCR 3.8) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Trans Ova Genetics LC
Trans Ova Genetics LC (91 employees, TCR 3.8) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 50 employees and a TCR of 4.9

Trans Ova Genetics LC has more employees than the General combination animal farming median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.9. 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
2023 3.9 1.3 3 0 0
2022 5.8 4.7 5 0 0
2021 2.6 1.3 2 0 0
2020 2.9 1.5 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

112990 · IA · Sioux Center

34 General combination animal farming 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 Reptiles by Mack, LLC 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fort Morgan Division 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR GAC 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Charles River Laboratories 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Neal North 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisa Generating Station 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ames-West Operating 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Group - Residential Division 91 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 Nilit America, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Logistics 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Seminary Estates 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Mobotrex Austin 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pierz Villa, Inc. 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE One Shell Plaza 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Luther Nissan Kia 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Niello BMW Sacramento 91 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.