Ferroalloys manufacturing · Iowa

Fort Madison Plant

Fort Madison, IA · ~148 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fort Madison Plant runs at 92% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Ferroalloys manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Fort Madison Plant: 3.0 TCR = 92% of Ferroalloys manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fort Madison Plant safety composite

Fort Madison Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−0.8

2016→2018

Fort Madison Plant injury rate improved

Fort Madison Plant's TCR fell 0.8 from 2.9 in 2016 to 2.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.2 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Fort Madison, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.0 · 92% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/10
  • PHOTO Universal Stainless …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~148 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Universal Stainless - Bridgeville (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fort Madison Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fort Madison Plant averages 3.0 TCR (92% of the Ferroalloys manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Fort Madison Plant TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Fort Madison Plant falls in its industry

416 Ferroalloys manufacturing establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Ferroalloys manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Fort Madison Plant (148 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Fort Madison Plant
Fort Madison Plant (148 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Fort Madison Plant has fewer employees than the Ferroalloys manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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
2018 2.1 0.0 0 3 0
2017 4.2 2.8 5 1 0
2016 2.9 2.1 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · IA · Fort Madison

416 Ferroalloys manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Fort Madison, 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 Universal Stainless - Bridgeville 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gerdau-Wilton Mill 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FerrouSouth 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR First Impression Ironworks 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE CW Suter 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cone 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rock Communications LLC 148 FTE
STATE-SIZE Uniparts Olsen, Inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Madison, IA 554 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa State Penitentiary 486 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Madison Community Hospital 428 FTE
CITY-NEAR The Scotts Company - Fort Madison 325 FTE
NAT-TCR Bemis North America - Shelbyville TN 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Horizon Hobby, LLC (4105) 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Reading China & Glass Store 2 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Woodcraft Industries Wahpeton 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Acushnet 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Highlands Nursing and Rehab 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE MPS Downers Grove 148 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hillcreek Leasing, LLC 148 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: 2018, 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.