Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing · Iowa

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation

Name: American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Laurens, IA · ~51 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation: 2.2 TCR = 68% of Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation safety composite

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation: 0.0 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation's TCR rose 4.5 from 0.0 in 2023 to 4.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333923 · Laurens, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 68% of ind

DART 2.2 DART
RANK P57
PHOTO Mi-Jack Products
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mi-Jack Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mi-Jack Produc

2.3
This site

2.2
OMi. Crane Sys

2.2
Wenger Corp -

2.1
Detroit

2.1

What this shows American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation averages 2.2 TCR (68% of the Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation falls in its industry

157 Cranes, overhead traveling, ma establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation (51 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.6

American Handling Systems, Inc. dba Positech Corporation has fewer employees than the Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2024	4.5	2.2	2	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333923 · IA · Laurens

157 Cranes, overhead traveling, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Laurens, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Mi-Jack Products	HAZEL CREST, IL	2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	OMi. Crane Systems Inc.	ROYSE CITY, TX	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wenger Corp - SYR - JR Clancy	SYRACUSE, NY	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Detroit	NOVI, MI	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Allendan Seed Company	WINTERSET	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iowa Falls Truck Wash	IOWA FALLS	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Marion Research MRN1	MARION	51 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GRS OSI Gen Repair Svc Wind Plt	STORY CITY	51 FTE
CITY-NEAR	US02 Laurens Link Snacks, Inc.	Laurens	193 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Bobalee Hydraulics	Laurens	137 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jack Links Laurens Distribution Center	Laurens	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fisher Hydraulics	Laurens	66 FTE
NAT-TCR	Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative	Mcgregor, TX	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Buckeye Boxes	Columbus, OH	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Upland Fab Inc	Ontario, CA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Custom Mold and Design	Forest Lake, MN	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Township of Egelston	Muskegon, MI	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Smoke Guard	Boise, ID	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elco, Inc DBA Metalsdepot	Winchester, KY	51 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Vanguard Pai Lung LLC	Monroe, NC	51 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. 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.