Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing · Iowa
EZ Way, Inc.
Clarinda, IA · ~52 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
EZ Way, Inc. runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
EZ Way, Inc.: 3.2 TCR = 98% of Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
EZ Way, Inc. safety composite
EZ Way, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 28%), 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).
35/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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%).
Rising injury rate
EZ Way, Inc.: 1.7 → 4.2 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024
EZ Way, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.5 from 1.7 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339113 · Clarinda, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.2 · 98% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #4/5
- PHOTO CTE Solutions
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~52 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: CTE Solutions (0.0 TCR gap)
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EZ Way, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Avalign Delive
Avalign Delivery Systems Division
3.3 TCR
- Eden Prairie W
Eden Prairie W 70th St
3.3 TCR
- This site
EZ Way, Inc.
3.2 TCR
- CTE Solutions
CTE Solutions
3.2 TCR
- Hitachi Cable
Hitachi Cable America Inc., High Performance Medical Solutions Division (RI Facility)
3.2 TCR
What this shows EZ Way, Inc. averages 3.2 TCR (98% of the Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing BLS benchmark).
EZ Way, Inc. TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=8.2 · 2021=2 · 2022=2 · 2023=2 · 2024=4.2 · BLS 3.3
Where EZ Way, Inc. falls in its industry
555 Surgical appliance and supplie establishmentsSafer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.1.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 5 Surgical appliance and supplie employers in Iowa.
EZ Way, Inc. has fewer employees than the Surgical appliance and supplies manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.1. 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 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339113 · IA · Clarinda
555 Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 22 employers in Clarinda, 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 | CTE Solutions | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hitachi Cable America Inc., High Performance Medical Solutions Division (RI Facility) | 3.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Avalign Delivery Systems Division | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eden Prairie W 70th St | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | KE Flatwork Inc. | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WNADGL, LLC | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Earth Services & Abatement | 52 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Snappy Popcorn | 52 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clarinda Correctional Facility Inmate | 648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Clarinda Regional Health Center | 294 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NSK Corporation | 273 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lisle Corporation | 267 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | J.D. Miles & Sons Inc. | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Chattanooga, TN | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | San Diego Ship Repair | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Laredo Center | 3.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Cheboygan County Road Commission | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pioneer Feedyard LLC | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wdg #819 | 52 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Foodland #52 | 52 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.