Starches (except laundry) manufacturing · Iowa

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville

Eddyville, IA · ~34 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville runs at 44% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Starches (except laundry) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville: 1.5 TCR = 44% of Starches (except laundry) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville safety composite

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−2.9

2016→2017

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville injury rate improved

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville's TCR fell 2.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 311221 · Eddyville, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 44% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/14
  • PHOTO Indianapolis Facility
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Indianapolis Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville averages 1.5 TCR (44% of the Starches (except laundry) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville falls in its industry

53 Starches (except laundry) manu establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 14 Starches (except laundry) manu employers in Iowa.

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville (34 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville
Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville (34 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 205 employees and a TCR of 1.7

Wacker Chemical Corporation, Eddyville has fewer employees than the Starches (except laundry) manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.9 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

311221 · IA · Eddyville

53 Starches (except laundry) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 14 employers in Eddyville, 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 Indianapolis Facility 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Richland Facility 1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARGILL, MEMPHIS 1.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshall Corn Plant 1.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE BP Land, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belle Plaine 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE KR Farm Labor Services, LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cargill Eddyville 549 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cargill Eddyville Iowa 482 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition North America, Inc. 142 FTE
CITY-NEAR 100110000205-CRG-CARGILL/EDDYVILLE/IA 139 FTE
NAT-TCR Damascus Inn Inc. 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Legends - Blossom Music Center 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RAFS of Pensacola, Inc 1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR TDMAN - Mansfield, OH 1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glenn E. Sessions & Sons 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haley, Chisholm & Morris, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caliber, Inc 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1034 Southern York Co. School District 34 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.