Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing · Iowa
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville
Estherville, IA · ~139 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville runs at 483% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville: 15.9 TCR = 483% of Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville safety composite
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 2%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 13.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 2% 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%).
Rising injury rate
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville: 14.1 → 17.8 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 17.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2019
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville's TCR rose 3.8 from 14.1 in 2016 to 17.8 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333111 · Estherville, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 15.9 · 483% of ind
- DART 13.5 DART
- RANK #61/65
- PHOTO Horsch LLC
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 39 inj
- SIZE ~139 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Horsch LLC (0.1 TCR gap)
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GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Wil-Rich
Wil-Rich
16.8 TCR
- Rivulis Irriga
Rivulis Irrigation Madera
16.4 TCR
- Horsch LLC
Horsch LLC
16.1 TCR
- This site
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville
15.9 TCR
- GK MACHINE INC
GK MACHINE INC
15.3 TCR
What this shows GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville averages 15.9 TCR (483% of the Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing BLS benchmark).
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville TCR series: 2016=14.1 · 2019=17.8 · BLS 3.3
Where GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville falls in its industry
433 Farm tractors and attachments establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #61 safest of 65 Farm tractors and attachments employers in Iowa.
GKN Armstrong Wheels - Estherville has more employees than the Farm tractors and attachments manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.8 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 14.1 | 9.1 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333111 · IA · Estherville
433 Farm tractors and attachments manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Estherville, 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 | Horsch LLC | 16.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rivulis Irrigation Madera | 16.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | GK MACHINE INC | 15.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Wil-Rich | 16.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kinzler Construction Services-CIA | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | RELCO Locomotives, Inc. | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2231 LOWE S OF CEDAR RAPIDS IA | 139 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2807-2503 | 139 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Avera Holy Family Hospital | 175 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Redwood Farms Meat Processors | 130 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Moveero Estherville Iowa | 114 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Estherville Foods Inc | 87 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Rule Steel Plant 1 | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goodwill Industries of Denver Castle Rock | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 6962-SWY-0029-0029-02107 | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Casey Health Care | 15.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | JR Simplot Company-LL-Feedlot | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nessco Enterprises LLC DBA Meridian Products | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 222 - Findlay | 139 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc. - Arden Division | 139 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.