Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing · Iowa

Gates Corporation Newton, IA.

Newton, IA · ~106 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Gates Corporation Newton, IA.: 2.5 TCR = 75% of Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. safety composite

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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).

D

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. held a steady TCR band

Gates Corporation Newton, IA.'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.4 in 2021 to 2.6 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=2.4 · 2022=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326220 · Newton, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.5 · 75% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Gates Corporation Io…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~106 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gates Corporation Iola KS (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gates Corporation Newton, IA. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gates Corporation Newton, IA. averages 2.5 TCR (75% of the Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. TCR series: 2021=2.4 · 2022=2.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Gates Corporation Newton, IA. falls in its industry

160 Hoses, rubberized fabric, manu establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Hoses, rubberized fabric, manu employers in Iowa.

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. (106 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gates Corporation Newton, IA.
Gates Corporation Newton, IA. (106 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 132 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Gates Corporation Newton, IA. has fewer employees than the Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2022 2.6 2.6 3 0 0
2021 2.4 2.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326220 · IA · Newton

160 Hoses, rubberized fabric, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 55 employers in Newton, 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 Gates Corporation Iola KS 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Intralox LLC - Hammond 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fluid Connectors : Ravenna 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fiskars 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Vincent 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE CPM Roskamp Champion 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE LeMars - Main Store 106 FTE
STATE-SIZE FAREWAY STORES, INC. 114 DUBUQUE 106 FTE
CITY-NEAR TPI Composites LLC IA 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newton Correctional Facility 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progress Industries 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 748 229 FTE
NAT-TCR Ashland City 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Ryerson - Charlotte Processing 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR OH - 690 Crescentville 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Richwood #2 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Subsea Technologies Division - Stafford 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE GWS Lehigh 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dur-A-Flex 106 FTE
NAT-SIZE Red Collar Pet Foods 106 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: 2022, 2021. 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.