Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Iowa

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO

Independence, IA · ~315 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO runs at 38% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO: 1.3 TCR = 38% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO safety composite

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 93% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 93% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.1

2016→2022

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO injury rate improved

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO's TCR fell 1.1 from 1.5 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.5 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Independence, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 38% of ind

  • DART 0.4 DART
  • RANK #2/12
  • PHOTO Air System Components
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~315 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Air System Components (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO averages 1.3 TCR (38% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO TCR series: 2016=1.5 · 2017=0.8 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=0.4 · 2022=0.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 93% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 12 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Iowa.

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO (315 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO
Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO (315 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 0.4 0.4 0 1 0
2020 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2019 2.5 2.0 8 1 0
2018 1.8 0.9 4 6 0
2017 0.8 0.4 1 3 0
2016 1.5 1.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IA · Independence

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Air System Components 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lau Industries 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Amerimax Building Products 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Plumrose USA, Inc. CB1 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sabre Industries Utilities Division 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 5748 315 FTE
STATE-SIZE Universal Pediatrics 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indepedence Store 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR INDEPENDENCE PLANT 244 FTE
CITY-NEAR Blue Independence Iowa 215 FTE
NAT-TCR Evonik Corporation 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR BSA Physician Group 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Enable Injectioins Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Arjo Inc. 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lawrence Equipment, Inc. 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corp Grove 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chestnut Service Center-TB 315 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reynolds Consumer Products 315 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.