Truck trailer manufacturing · Iowa

Behnke Enterprises, Inc.

Farley, IA · ~121 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truck trailer manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Behnke Enterprises, Inc.: 8.6 TCR = 261% of Truck trailer manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. safety composite

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Behnke Enterprises, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 7.7 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.17× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=11.7 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336212 · Farley, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 261% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #17/24
  • PHOTO Bye-Rite Trailer and…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 97 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bye-Rite Trailer and Fabrication Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Behnke Enterprises, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Behnke Enterprises, Inc. averages 8.6 TCR (261% of the Truck trailer manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. TCR series: 2016=7.7 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=6.8 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=11.7 · 2022=15.6 · 2023=7.8 · 2024=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Behnke Enterprises, Inc. falls in its industry

474 Truck trailer manufacturing establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 24 Truck trailer manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Behnke Enterprises, Inc.
Behnke Enterprises, Inc. (121 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Behnke Enterprises, Inc. has more employees than the Truck trailer manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 7.3 1.5 15 0 0
2023 7.8 1.0 15 0 0
2022 15.6 4.0 31 0 0
2020 11.7 1.7 14 0 0
2019 5.1 1.3 4 0 0
2018 6.8 0.0 6 0 0
2017 6.8 0.0 6 0 0
2016 7.7 5.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336212 · IA · Farley

474 Truck trailer manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 5 employers in Farley, 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 Bye-Rite Trailer and Fabrication Inc. 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TKI Mitchell West 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RC Middlebury 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Road Gear Trucking Equipment 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Reclamation Facility 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Neumann Brothers, Inc 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Neal Manufacturing-Cedar Falls 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monona 121 FTE
CITY-NEAR East Iowa Machine Company (EIMCo) 159 FTE
CITY-NEAR Simon's Trucking Inc. 149 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lund Manufacturing Inc. 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR Top Grade Excavating, Inc. 31 FTE
NAT-TCR Able Electropolishing Company 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Americold Logistics, LLC: Tacoma 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR BMG of Kansas 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR CCOM Group - RAL Supply Group - Middletown 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Ampco Pumps Company 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tri Wall International Paper 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Caviness Beef Ltd. 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dwyer Instruments Inc - Kingsbury IN 121 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.