Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Armstrong, IA · ~88 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.: 6.8 TCR = 205% of Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. safety composite
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
40/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.: 2.5 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 14.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s TCR rose 2.4 from 2.5 in 2016 to 4.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333111 · Armstrong, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 6.8 · 205% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #43/65
- PHOTO CV Corporation
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~88 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CV Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)
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Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc.
6.8 TCR
- CV Corporation
CV Corporation
6.8 TCR
- Westfield Dist
Westfield Distributing of ND, Inc. (Horace)
6.8 TCR
- CNH Industrial
CNH Industrial - Goodfield
6.8 TCR
- Abilene Machin
Abilene Machine, LLC
6.7 TCR
What this shows Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. averages 6.8 TCR (205% of the Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=14.3 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=4.3 · 2022=3.6 · 2023=9.7 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. falls in its industry
433 Tractors and attachments, farm establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 65 Tractors and attachments, farm employers in Iowa.
Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. has more employees than the Tractors and attachments, farm-type, man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 14.3 | 4.8 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333111 · IA · Armstrong
433 Tractors and attachments, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Armstrong, 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 | CV Corporation | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Westfield Distributing of ND, Inc. (Horace) | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CNH Industrial - Goodfield | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Abilene Machine, LLC | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Reinbeck SPSC | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | McCarthy Improvement Company | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rasmussen Mechanical Services CB | 88 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Letica-Iowa | 88 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Moveero Armstrong Iowa | 133 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Valley Vue Care Center | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Mnbem - Bemidji | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fltal - Tallahassee Center | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Great Neck | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reliance Electric | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Hospice & Community Care | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Carolina Container Laurinburg | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | C.A. Senecal Electrical Services, Inc. | 88 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | HighPoint Electric Inc. | 88 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.