Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), stock or custom wood, manufacturing · Iowa
Bertch Cabinet Mfg.
Waterloo, IA · ~566 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bertch Cabinet Mfg. runs at 304% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), stock or custom wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Bertch Cabinet Mfg.: 10.0 TCR = 304% of Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), stock or custom wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bertch Cabinet Mfg. safety composite
Bertch Cabinet Mfg. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
24/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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
Bertch Cabinet Mfg.: 6.3 → 16.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 16.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2020
Bertch Cabinet Mfg.'s TCR rose 10.4 from 6.3 in 2016 to 16.7 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 337110 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 10.0 · 304% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #8/11
- PHOTO AIA Countertops Plan…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 170 inj
- SIZE ~566 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AIA Countertops Plant 535 (0.1 TCR gap)
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Bertch Cabinet Mfg. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- CounterTek Inc
CounterTek Inc.
10.2 TCR
- Ideal Cabinetr
Ideal Cabinetry
10.2 TCR
- Closets by Des
Closets by Design
10.2 TCR
- AIA Countertop
AIA Countertops Plant 535
10.1 TCR
- This site
Bertch Cabinet Mfg.
10 TCR
What this shows Bertch Cabinet Mfg. averages 10.0 TCR (304% of the Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), stock or custom wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Bertch Cabinet Mfg. TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=9.8 · 2018=8.9 · 2019=8.4 · 2020=16.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Bertch Cabinet Mfg. falls in its industry
508 Cabinets, kitchen (except free establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 11 Cabinets, kitchen (except free employers in Iowa.
Bertch Cabinet Mfg. has more employees than the Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 16.7 | 5.2 | 30 | 53 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 44 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.9 | 5.0 | 35 | 27 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9.8 | 4.9 | 29 | 21 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 32 | 6 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
337110 · IA · Waterloo
508 Cabinets, kitchen (except freestanding), stock or custom wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 | AIA Countertops Plant 535 | 10.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CounterTek Inc. | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ideal Cabinetry | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Closets by Design | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CDS Global Des Moines | 566 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mom's Meals IA Home Office | 565 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FAREWAY STORES, INC. 3804 | 568 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | St. Ambrose University | 564 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint | 2,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations | 1,605 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Walter Stornetta Ranch | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1100 Monroe Twp. Board of Education | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ofa 84 | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Protein Sources, LLP | 10.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dal-Tile Corporation | 566 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | OAK - Flight Ops | 566 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Winchester/Sewanee | 566 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Dow Chemical Company -Newark, DE | 566 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.