Hardware, plastics, manufacturing · Iowa

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa

Name: Dielectric Corporation - Iowa Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Lake Mills, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.9
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa runs at 301% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hardware, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa: 9.9 TCR = 301% of Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa safety composite

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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

−8.3

2017→2018

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa injury rate improved

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa's TCR fell 8.3 from 14.1 in 2017 to 5.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 14.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.58× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=14.1 · 2018=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Lake Mills, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 301% of ind

DART 5.8 DART
RANK #47/63
PHOTO RISE Building Products
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RISE Building Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Distribution W

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HILCO TECHNOLO

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Letica-Iowa

9.9

What this shows Dielectric Corporation - Iowa averages 9.9 TCR (301% of the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa TCR series: 2017=14.1 · 2018=5.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Dielectric Corporation - Iowa falls in its industry

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufactur establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #47 safest of 63 Hardware, plastics, manufactur employers in Iowa.

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa (22 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Dielectric Corporation - Iowa has fewer employees than the Hardware, plastics, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2018	5.8	5.8	1	0	0
2017	14.1	14.1	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IA · Lake Mills

2,838 Hardware, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Lake Mills, 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	RISE Building Products	MANKATO, MN	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Distribution Weld Office	MEDFORD, NY	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HILCO TECHNOLOGIES Plant 2	DUTTON, MI	9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Letica-Iowa	MUSACATINE, IA	9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA	ANKENY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr)	MOUNT AYR	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kevin D. Moellers	RIDGEWAY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sheldon	SHELDON	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iowa Operations	Lake Mills	261 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Lake Mills	Lake Mills	142 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Winnebago Industries - Lake Mills	Lake Mills	122 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Norsemen Trucking Inc	Lake Mills	80 FTE
NAT-TCR	B-X Mansfield LLC	Mansfield, MA	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Double L Cattle Company	Hanford, CA	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	0019 - Santa Rosa, Ca	Santa Rosa, CA	9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	253 Najoles Rd	Millersville, MD	9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	IQE-NJ	Somerset, NJ	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Blank Welding / Blank River Services, Inc.	Elizabeth, PA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Arlington Structural Steel Company	Arlington Heights, IL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	LifeSkills Industries-Allen County	Scottsville, KY	22 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: 2018, 2017. 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.