Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more than 1.18 inch) manufacturing · Iowa

American Ordnance LLC

Middletown, IA · ~748 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Ordnance LLC runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more than 1.18 inch) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

American Ordnance LLC: 1.7 TCR = 52% of Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more than 1.18 inch) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Ordnance LLC safety composite

American Ordnance LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

Rising injury rate

American Ordnance LLC: 1.5 → 3.5 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 3.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2024

American Ordnance LLC's TCR rose 2.0 from 1.5 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332993 · Middletown, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 52% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK P47
  • PHOTO General Dynamics
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~748 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: General Dynamics (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Ordnance LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Ordnance LLC averages 1.7 TCR (52% of the Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more than 1.18 inch) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

American Ordnance LLC TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=0.5 · 2019=1.5 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 3.3

Where American Ordnance LLC falls in its industry

36 Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 establishments

Safer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
American Ordnance LLC (748 employees, TCR 1.7) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 188 employees and a TCR of 1.7 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 27 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate American Ordnance LLC
American Ordnance LLC (748 employees, TCR 1.7) among 26 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 188 employees and a TCR of 1.7

American Ordnance LLC has more employees than the Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more median and a higher 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
2024 3.5 0.7 30 5 0
2019 1.5 0.3 12 0 0
2018 0.5 0.1 4 0 0
2017 1.5 0.1 10 0 0
2016 1.5 0.3 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332993 · IA · Middletown

36 Ammunition (i.e., more than 30 mm., more than 1.18 inch) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 General Dynamics 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aerojet Rocketdyne - Tennessee 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Camden Operations 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Spectra Technologies LLC 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Collins Inc. (Coralville) 751 FTE
STATE-SIZE VGM - Annex C 751 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Home Services 752 FTE
STATE-SIZE Engine Works 753 FTE
NAT-TCR J-LOK 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Henderson Operations Center Complex 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Watt Hotel LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Randal Lowe Plumbing LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Pilgrims Pride Corp 748 FTE
NAT-SIZE Soulshine Farms LLC 748 FTE
NAT-SIZE Casbr - San Bruno 748 FTE
NAT-SIZE Human Service Building OHA 748 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.