Angle irons, metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Dubuque, IA · ~56 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Angle irons, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc.: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. safety composite

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−9.2

2016→2024

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 9.2 from 9.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO Tosoh SMD - Grove City
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~56 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tosoh SMD - Grove City (0.0 TCR gap)

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Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=1.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=5.2 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=5 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. falls in its industry

827 Angle irons, metal, manufactur establishments

Safer than 58% 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 #6 safest of 18 Angle irons, metal, manufactur employers in Iowa.

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. (56 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Giese Manufacturing Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing 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
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 5.1 1.7 3 0 0
2022 5.0 5.0 3 0 0
2021 3.6 1.8 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 5.2 5.2 3 0 0
2018 4.7 4.7 3 0 0
2017 1.5 0.0 1 0 0
2016 9.2 9.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · IA · Dubuque

827 Angle irons, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 Tosoh SMD - Grove City 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alternative Design Mfg, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Horizon Metals, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Materion - Leesport 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fort Dodge Area Office 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rinderknecht Associates, Inc. 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE River Cities Engineering 56 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kent Nutrtion Group- Sheldon 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR Brickwall Corporation 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Triangle Enterprises Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tosoh SMD - Grove City 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Frantz Machine Products, Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 007 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Contract Fabricators, Inc. - Iuka, MS 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chelsea Place 56 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Fresh Market 132 56 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.