Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) manufacturing · Iowa
Featherlite Trailers
Cresco, IA · ~351 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Featherlite Trailers runs at 130% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Featherlite Trailers: 4.3 TCR = 130% of Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Featherlite Trailers safety composite
Featherlite Trailers scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 51% 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%).
Featherlite Trailers held a steady TCR band
Featherlite Trailers's TCR held near 0.1 from 5.3 in 2019 to 5.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=5.3 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=5.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336214 · Cresco, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 130% of ind
- DART 2.2 DART
- RANK #4/9
- PHOTO American Made Produc…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 75 inj
- SIZE ~351 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: American Made Products Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Featherlite Trailers in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Plant 21
Plant 21
4.4 TCR
- This site
Featherlite Trailers
4.3 TCR
- American Made
American Made Products Inc
4.3 TCR
- Truck Accessor
Truck Accessories Group Midwest
4.3 TCR
- Keystone RV Du
Keystone RV Dutchmen - Plant 803
4.3 TCR
What this shows Featherlite Trailers averages 4.3 TCR (130% of the Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Featherlite Trailers TCR series: 2019=5.3 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=5.2 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Featherlite Trailers falls in its industry
262 Horse trailers (except fifth-w establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 9 Horse trailers (except fifth-w employers in Iowa.
Featherlite Trailers has more employees than the Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336214 · IA · Cresco
262 Horse trailers (except fifth-wheel-type) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 22 employers in Cresco, 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 | American Made Products Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Truck Accessories Group Midwest | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Keystone RV Dutchmen - Plant 803 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Plant 21 | 4.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Urbandale - Main Store | 351 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1901 - West Des Moines SW | 351 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Allsteel Administration | 351 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | URBANDALE IA | 352 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Featherlite, Inc. | 433 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Donaldson Filtration | 276 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Donaldson Company | 257 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Regional Health Services of Howard County | 132 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Hoke Mills Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Enfield Markets LLC | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Juneau International Airport | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 403012-Merrimack | NH | GOF-300 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ashley Distribution Services, Ltd. - Mississippi | 351 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Quincy | 351 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mci-Ground Ops | 351 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry | 351 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.