BEST COB, LLC is a postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) employer in INDEPENDENCE, IA. Federal records show 2 OSHA inspections with 9 violations and $8,665 in penalties. 1 Wage & Hour Division enforcement case on record. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 1, 2026.
BEST COB, LLC
1895 BLAND BLVD, INDEPENDENCE, IA, 50644
115114 — Top companies in Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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Industry context
Within the postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) industry in IA, BEST COB, LLC ranks in the 100th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 36 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 86th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 89th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 4.7 for the postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 3.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 7 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is BEST COB, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- BEST COB, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $8,665 in total penalties.
- How does BEST COB, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- BEST COB, LLC operates in the postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.7.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BEST COB, LLC of INDEPENDENCE, IA from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 3 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, DOL Wage and Hour Division enforcement, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 14 sources were checked and found no matching records: MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 1, 2026.
This profile may be incomplete if BEST COB, LLCoperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.