Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing · Iowa

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.

Name: Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Grinnell, IA · ~156 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. runs at 219% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.: 7.2 TCR = 219% of Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. safety composite

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

−2.1

2016→2017

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. injury rate improved

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.1 from 8.3 in 2016 to 6.2 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2017=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333511 · Grinnell, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 219% of ind

DART 2.1 DART
RANK #7/7
PHOTO Southern Alloy Corpo…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 19 inj
SIZE ~156 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Alloy Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.1

What this shows Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. averages 7.2 TCR (219% of the Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2017=6.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. falls in its industry

216 Industrial molds (except steel establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Industrial molds (except steel employers in Iowa.

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. (156 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Engineered Plastic Components, Inc. has more employees than the Industrial molds (except steel ingot) ma median and a higher 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
2017	6.2	2.1	7	2	0
2016	8.3	2.8	12	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333511 · IA · Grinnell

216 Industrial molds (except steel ingot) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grinnell, 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	Southern Alloy Corporation	SYLACAUGA, AL	7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin Foundry	SHEBOYGAN, WI	7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vincent Tool Technologies Corp	CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI	7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Winona Pattern & Mold	WINONA, MN	7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1683	SHENANDOAH	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clickstop, Inc.	URBANA	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Region Distribution	MUSCATINE	156 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Rapids Branch	HIAWATHA	156 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co	Grinnell	786 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America : Grinnell Windows	Grinnell	474 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0403 - Windows-Grinnell	Grinnell	436 FTE
CITY-NEAR	North America : Customer Experience US	Grinnell	357 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ogden (Utogd)	Ogden, UT	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holland - DN	Danville, IL	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Life Care Center of Port St. Lucie	Port St. Lucie, FL	7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	TL Hospitality, LLC	Hogansburg, NY	7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Rai Mx Pit	Coraopolis, PA	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Main Office	Gambrills, MD	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	McNaughton & Gunn	Saline, MI	156 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6400-Swy 0024 0063	Ferndale, WA	156 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: 2017, 2016. 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.