Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer

Name: Demco Manufacturing - Spencer Workplace Safety Data
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Spencer, IA · ~89 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer: 8.8 TCR = 267% of Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer safety composite

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.0

2019→2024

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer injury rate improved

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer's TCR fell 8.0 from 17.5 in 2019 to 9.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=17.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 267% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #54/65
PHOTO GSI : Sioux City
BOOK 5y book
INJ 25 inj
SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GSI : Sioux City (0.0 TCR gap)

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8.8
GSI : Sioux Ci

8.8
Brandt Industr

8.8
Kelley Manufac

8.7
Valco - main P

8.7

What this shows Demco Manufacturing - Spencer averages 8.8 TCR (267% of the Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer TCR series: 2019=17.5 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=5.8 · 2023=7.3 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Demco Manufacturing - Spencer falls in its industry

433 Hulling machinery, farm-type, establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 65 Hulling machinery, farm-type, employers in Iowa.

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer (89 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Demco Manufacturing - Spencer has more employees than the Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2024	9.4	4.2	4	5
2023	7.3	6.1	5	1
2021	5.8	3.5	3	2
2020	4.2	4.2	3	0
2019	17.5	8.7	10	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Spencer

433 Hulling machinery, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	GSI : Sioux City	SIOUX CITY, IA	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brandt Industries USA LTD	HUDSON, IL	8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Kelley Manufacturing Co.	TIFTON, GA	8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Valco - main Plant	COLDWATER, OH	8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Centrum Valley Farms Dows	DOWS	89 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ICF Ovation	THOMPSON	89 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Muscatine Power & Water Power Plant	MUSCATINE	89 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative	WILTON	89 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arnold Motor Supply	Spencer	764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Hospital	Spencer	516 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Municipal Hospital	Spencer	515 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2714	Spencer	221 FTE
NAT-TCR	Harris Tire Co. Inc.	Lynchburg, VA	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Public Works	Duluth, MN	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Consolidated Towing, Inc.	Bend, OR	8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Main Factory	Poughkeepsie, NY	8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	J. Strickland & Co.	Olive Branch, MS	89 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Infra-Metals Co - Virginia	Petersburg, VA	89 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nasseff Mechanical Contractors, Inc	St. Paul, MN	89 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ind Sch Dist 2580	Finlayson, MN	89 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.