Print shops, digital (except printing books) · Iowa

CDS Global Tipton

Tipton, IA · ~105 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CDS Global Tipton runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Print shops, digital (except printing books) workplace, earning a grade F.

CDS Global Tipton: 8.5 TCR = 257% of Print shops, digital (except printing books) BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CDS Global Tipton safety composite

CDS Global Tipton scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.6

2016→2024

CDS Global Tipton injury rate improved

CDS Global Tipton's TCR fell 2.6 from 11.5 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 20.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.5 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=7.0 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=8.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Tipton, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 257% of ind

  • DART 7.1 DART
  • RANK #29/29
  • PHOTO Clark Container
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 68 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Clark Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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CDS Global Tipton in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CDS Global Tipton averages 8.5 TCR (257% of the Print shops, digital (except printing books) BLS benchmark).

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

CDS Global Tipton TCR series: 2016=11.5 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=7 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=20.4 · 2022=5.4 · 2023=3 · 2024=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where CDS Global Tipton falls in its industry

2,001 Print shops, digital (except p establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 29 Print shops, digital (except p employers in Iowa.

CDS Global Tipton (105 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate CDS Global Tipton
CDS Global Tipton (105 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

CDS Global Tipton has more employees than the Print shops, digital (except printing bo median and a higher 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 8.9 7.1 5 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2022 5.4 5.4 4 0 0
2021 20.4 13.9 19 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2019 8.9 6.9 9 0 0
2018 7.0 5.0 7 0 0
2017 7.8 6.8 8 0 0
2016 11.5 11.5 11 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · IA · Tipton

2,001 Print shops, digital (except printing books) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 15 employers in Tipton, 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 Clark Container 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Louisville Operations, 4700 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Velo 3D 2710 Lakeview Court 8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mittera - Pineville 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dallas County Service Center 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE EPI Power, LLC. - Microsoft DSM 14 Project 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rasmussen Mechanical Services Council Bluffs 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mittera - Rock Communications Plant 1 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR Cedar County 126 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 841 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR 841 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR CEDAR COUNTY COOPERATIVE 44 FTE
NAT-TCR Playcraft Systems LLC 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Harrisonburg Warehouse 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of Streamwood Police Department 8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mala Strana Rehabilitation Center 8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Power Test LLC 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE H & S Enterprise/ Kearney 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Cove at La Jolla 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE John Knox Village East & Meyer Care Center 105 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, 2021, 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.