Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Earle M. Jorgensen Company

Eldridge, IA · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Earle M. Jorgensen Company runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company: 0.8 TCR = 35% of Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Earle M. Jorgensen Company safety composite

Earle M. Jorgensen Company scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.8

2020→2024

Earle M. Jorgensen Company injury rate improved

Earle M. Jorgensen Company's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=3.8 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Eldridge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/18
  • PHOTO Liebovich Steel and …
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liebovich Steel and ALuminum Iowa (0.0 TCR gap)

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Earle M. Jorgensen Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Earle M. Jorgensen Company averages 0.8 TCR (35% of the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Earle M. Jorgensen Company TCR series: 2020=3.8 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Earle M. Jorgensen Company falls in its industry

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

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 18 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesal employers in Iowa.

Earle M. Jorgensen Company (30 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Earle M. Jorgensen Company
Earle M. Jorgensen Company (30 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Earle M. Jorgensen Company has fewer employees than the Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IA · Eldridge

1,299 Pipe, metal, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 23 employers in Eldridge, 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 Liebovich Steel and ALuminum Iowa 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson - Pounding Mill 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Richardson Trident Company -Richardson 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR J. L. Proler Iron & Steel Company 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Mount Pleasant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Laborers 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Plant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kading Construction Company Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR LMT Defense 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uniparts Olsen, Inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logistic Service, LLC 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amhof Trucking, Inc. 89 FTE
NAT-TCR Dupont Michigan Operations - HIMS Plant 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Iconex, LLC Morristown 5512 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Starr Electric Company, Inc Charlotte 0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Headquarters 0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bella Blue Water 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jack in the Box #7246 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jack in the Box #7235 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE White City Taco Bell 30 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. 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.