Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing · Iowa

Adel Plant

Adel, IA · ~73 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Adel Plant runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Adel Plant: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Adel Plant safety composite

Adel Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 47%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

Adel Plant: 0.0 → 3.0 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024

Adel Plant's TCR rose 3.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Adel, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Minteq International…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~73 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Minteq International, Slippery Rock, PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Adel Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Adel Plant averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Adel Plant TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=2.5 · 2021=8.7 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.3

Where Adel Plant falls in its industry

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf employers in Iowa.

Adel Plant (73 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Adel Plant
Adel Plant (73 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Adel Plant has more employees than the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2024 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2023 6.4 3.8 5 0 0
2022 2.1 1.1 2 0 0
2021 8.7 6.2 7 0 0
2020 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · IA · Adel

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Adel, 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 Minteq International, Slippery Rock, PA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Vesuvius USA Tyler 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Clay Plants 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Red River Brick Muskogee 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lone Tree 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Headquarters 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Field Services (Public Services, Parks & Signs/Signals 73 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caruth Construction Inc. 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County, Iowa 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 124 ADEL 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County Service Center 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Maricopa County - Facilities Management (700) 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TXH024 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bangor ME FXFE-BGR 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR San Antonio TX FXFE-STX 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Noblesville Office 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Traditions of Dedham 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of Sleepy Eye 73 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dredgit Corporation 73 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.