HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors · Iowa

Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.

Dubuque, IA · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities

The verdict

Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. runs at 620% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.4
avg TCR · per 100 workers
2.8
industry benchmark (BLS)
53
recordable injuries tracked

Grade compares Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.'s OSHA Total Case Rate of 17.4 to the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors BLS benchmark of 2.8 (620% of benchmark) across 9 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). <a href="/methodology">See methodology</a> for reporting-limitation caveats.

Injury rate over time

Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.'s yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.

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Total Case Rate (recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers), OSHA ITA Form 300A. Industry benchmark: BLS IIF, NAICS 238220.

Where Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. falls in its industry

6,536 HVAC (heating, ventilation and establishments

Safer than 1% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 107 HVAC (heating, ventilation and employers in Iowa.

Trend analysis for Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.

Between 2016 and 2024, Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.'s Total Case Rate improved from 19.6 to 6.0 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 69% decrease across 8 years of OSHA reporting.

The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 6.0, while 2017 saw the highest rate, at 38.2, a spread of 32.2 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.

Summed across those 9 reporting years, Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. recorded 53 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 9-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.

Verify This Employer with OSHA

The 53 injuries shown on this page for Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. are sourced from its own 9 years of mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238220 - HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors.

DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)

What is the DART rate formula?

DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.

2 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 66,536 hours worked = 6.01 DART

Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping

Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State

Benchmark TCR Source
Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. (this establishment) 17.35 OSHA ITA Form 300A, 9-year avg
Mechanical contractors industry avg 2.80 BLS IIF, NAICS 238220
Iowa state avg (all industries) 5.33 OSHA ITA, state-level rollup

Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program

Reportable Incident Timeline

Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.

Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 6.0 6.0 2 0 0
2023 11.9 8.9 4 0 0
2022 19.5 16.7 7 0 0
2021 14.4 14.4 5 0 0
2020 17.5 17.5 6 0 0
2019 8.8 8.8 3 0 0
2018 20.1 11.5 7 0 0
2017 38.2 22.3 12 0 0
2016 19.6 11.2 7 0 0

What this grade means for you

Use this grade as a relative read on Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.'s reported OSHA injury record versus its HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.

  • At 620% of the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors benchmark, Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
  • Judge this record against the wider HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
  • Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another

Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc.'s safety grade?
Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. has a safety grade of F (Failing Safety Record). This grade is based on their average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 17.4 compared to the BLS industry benchmark of 2.8 for HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) contractors.
How many injuries has Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. reported?
Giese Sheet Metal Co. Inc. has reported 53 total injuries and 0 fatalities across 9 years of OSHA data (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016). This data comes from mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reports.

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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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainSafetyScore Editorial

Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.