Food processing plant construction · Iowa

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa

Ottumwa, IA · ~46 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food processing plant construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa: 4.9 TCR = 170% of Food processing plant construction BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa safety composite

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

−4.9

2022→2023

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa injury rate improved

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa's TCR fell 4.9 from 7.4 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.4 · 2023=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236210 · Ottumwa, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 170% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #15/16
  • PHOTO Woodbine Constructio…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Woodbine Construction Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Hessen USA Ottumwa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Hessen USA Ottumwa averages 4.9 TCR (170% of the Food processing plant construction BLS benchmark).

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

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa TCR series: 2022=7.4 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 2.9

Where Van Hessen USA Ottumwa falls in its industry

924 Food processing plant construc establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Food processing plant construc employers in Iowa.

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa (46 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Hessen USA Ottumwa
Van Hessen USA Ottumwa (46 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 71 employees and a TCR of 1.6

Van Hessen USA Ottumwa has fewer employees than the Food processing plant construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.6. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2022 7.4 7.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236210 · IA · Ottumwa

924 Food processing plant construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 57 employers in Ottumwa, 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 Woodbine Construction Company, Inc. 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Construction 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ox Paperboard WP, LLC 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Coil Processors LLC 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Hill Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Infrastructure 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ricklefs Excavating,Ltd. 46 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS 2,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Works 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Ottumwa Works 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Regional Health Center 573 FTE
NAT-TCR GJR Management Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Elmwood Park Fire Department 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Salo Manufacturing 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Starling at San Jose 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waste-Away Group Ltd. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Montrose Sheffield LLC DBA Montrose Tri County Kia 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE INEOS Composites Philadelphia 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spee Dee Delivery Service, Inc - Mankato 46 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. 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.