Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing · Minnesota

Custom Iron Inc.

Zumbrota, MN · ~25 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Custom Iron Inc. runs at 294% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Custom Iron Inc.: 9.7 TCR = 294% of Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Custom Iron Inc. safety composite

Custom Iron Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−27.1

2016→2024

Custom Iron Inc. injury rate improved

Custom Iron Inc.'s TCR fell 27.1 from 27.1 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 27.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=27.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=8.0 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332323 · Zumbrota, MN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 294% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/15
  • PHOTO Taylors iron co
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Taylors iron co (0.0 TCR gap)

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Custom Iron Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Custom Iron Inc. averages 9.7 TCR (294% of the Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Custom Iron Inc. TCR series: 2016=27.1 · 2017=3.8 · 2018=7.3 · 2019=8 · 2020=8.5 · 2021=15.5 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Custom Iron Inc. falls in its industry

309 Balcony railings, metal, manuf establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Minnesota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 15 Balcony railings, metal, manuf employers in Minnesota.

Custom Iron Inc. (25 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Custom Iron Inc.
Custom Iron Inc. (25 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 4.1

Custom Iron Inc. has fewer employees than the Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2022 11.3 11.3 2 0 0
2021 15.5 10.3 3 0 0
2020 8.5 0.0 2 0 0
2019 8.0 8.0 2 0 0
2018 7.3 0.0 2 0 0
2017 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2016 27.1 0.0 5 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332323 · MN · Zumbrota

309 Balcony railings, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 15,828 rated employers in Minnesota with headcount on file · 22 employers in Zumbrota, MN · 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 Taylors iron co 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Big C Steel, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR NonStop Scaffolding 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dyco Industries Inc 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Hutchinson, MN 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Park Rapids Trucking 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Country Pork LLP 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics MN IPH 03-0110-10, 50, 51, 52, 970 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ingredients - Cheese - Zumbrota MN 163 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zumbrota, MN 143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zumbrota Health Services 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zumbrota Drivetrain 75 FTE
NAT-TCR CCI Construction, Inc. 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Swanel Inc 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR National Management Resources Reinhardt University 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR OKO006 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Enriched Living Center 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dal-Tile 114 San Antonio 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Travelodge - Milford 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1292 PYP Hesperia 25 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.