Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing · Iowa

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~34 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. runs at 26% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc.: 0.9 TCR = 26% of Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. safety composite

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. held a steady TCR band

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.9 · 26% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/12
  • PHOTO Victory Awning
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Victory Awning (0.0 TCR gap)

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D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. averages 0.9 TCR (26% of the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 12 Air cowls, sheet metal (except employers in Iowa.

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate D & S Sheetmetal, Inc.
D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. (34 employees, TCR 0.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

D & S Sheetmetal, Inc. has fewer employees than the Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IA · Cedar Rapids

1,158 Air cowls, sheet metal (except stampings), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 Victory Awning 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alloy Specialties - Blackstone 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elite Manufacturing Technologies 0.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ASC Johnson Controls 0.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE BP Land, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belle Plaine 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE KR Farm Labor Services, LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR McCoy Construction & Forestry - Grand Rapids 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR HQ 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR INDICOM Electric Company LLC 0.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Moulded Pulp, a division of Cascades Holding, Inc. 0.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Safran Landing Systems (LAS) 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chain Link Fence & Supply, Inc. 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safran Landing Systems (ABE) 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cfwi01-Cf-Cf - Beloit 34 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.