Blasting, building demolition · Iowa

DW Zinser Company, Inc.

Walford, IA · ~24 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DW Zinser Company, Inc. runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Blasting, building demolition workplace, earning a grade F.

DW Zinser Company, Inc.: 6.3 TCR = 224% of Blasting, building demolition BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DW Zinser Company, Inc. safety composite

DW Zinser Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

DW Zinser Company, Inc. held a steady TCR band

DW Zinser Company, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 6.7 in 2016 to 6.8 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.7 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=5.1 · 2020=6.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238910 · Walford, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 224% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #25/28
  • PHOTO Huntington Pacific C…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Huntington Pacific Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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DW Zinser Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DW Zinser Company, Inc. averages 6.3 TCR (224% of the Blasting, building demolition BLS benchmark).

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

DW Zinser Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.7 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=5.1 · 2020=6.8 · BLS 2.8

Where DW Zinser Company, Inc. falls in its industry

1,750 Blasting, building demolition establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 28 Blasting, building demolition employers in Iowa.

DW Zinser Company, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate DW Zinser Company, Inc.
DW Zinser Company, Inc. (24 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 2.5

DW Zinser Company, Inc. has fewer employees than the Blasting, building demolition median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2020 6.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 6.6 3.3 2 0 0
2016 6.7 6.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238910 · IA · Walford

1,750 Blasting, building demolition employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 6 employers in Walford, 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 Huntington Pacific Corporation 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaMountain Bros., Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fraser Construction Co 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leavenworth Excavating & Equipment Co. 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 FTE
CITY-NEAR Schrader Excavating & Grading Co. 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics Muscatine Warehouse 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics | Muscatine 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR GSTC Logistics | Walford 25 FTE
NAT-TCR Vectren Corporation - Boonville/Rockport 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Safety Marking Inc. Rhode Island Shop 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Forge, Inc. 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OBrien Steel Service 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Residence Inn Ft. Lauderdale Weston 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vectren Corporation - Gas Supply and Storage 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mid-West Glass Co. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond Products Nampa 24 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: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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