Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing · Iowa

Guardian Industries - DeWitt

Name: Guardian Industries - DeWitt Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dewitt, IA · ~278 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Guardian Industries - DeWitt runs at 99% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Guardian Industries - DeWitt: 3.3 TCR = 99% of Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Guardian Industries - DeWitt safety composite

Guardian Industries - DeWitt scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 32%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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

Guardian Industries - DeWitt: 3.2 → 4.2 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 4.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.94× in 2020

Guardian Industries - DeWitt's TCR rose 1.0 from 3.2 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.94× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327211 · Dewitt, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 99% of ind

DART 3.1 DART
RANK P51
PHOTO Rossford Float
BOOK 5y book
INJ 49 inj
SIZE ~278 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rossford Float (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.3
Rossford Float

3.3
Carlex Nashvil

3.3
Cardinal FG

3.3
Cardinal FG -P

3.2

What this shows Guardian Industries - DeWitt averages 3.3 TCR (99% of the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Guardian Industries - DeWitt TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=3.2 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=3.9 · 2020=4.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Guardian Industries - DeWitt falls in its industry

105 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Guardian Industries - DeWitt (278 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 180 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Guardian Industries - DeWitt has more employees than the Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2020	4.2	3.1	9	2
2019	3.9	3.2	12	0
2018	1.9	0.9	6	0
2017	3.2	1.1	10	2
2016	3.2	2.1	12	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327211 · IA · Dewitt

105 Flat glass (e.g., float, plate) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 24 employers in Dewitt, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Rossford Float	ROSSFORD, OH	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Carlex Nashville	NASHVILLE, TN	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cardinal FG	MENOMONIE, WI	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cardinal FG -Portage FG	PORTGAGE, WI	3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Heritage Group LLC	DES MOINES	278 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Palo Alto County Health System	EMMETSBURG	278 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Russell Group	DAVENPORT	277 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Port Neal	SERGEANT BLUFF	277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Custom-Pak DeWitt	Dewitt	222 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Guardian Industries	Dewitt	203 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Genesis Medical Center- DeWitt	Dewitt	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Genesis Medical Center DeWitt	Dewitt	137 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bowerston, Ohio - L. J. Smith, Inc.	Bowerston, OH	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	TLBainey Inc.	West Decatur, PA	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Morgantown Technical Services	Morgantown, WV	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	BHP - RC Service Center (SD012)	Rapid City, SD	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Louisville Operations, 7929	Louisville, KY	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Freedom Village Retirement Community	Lake Forest, CA	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Crystal Casino	Compton, CA	278 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sheyenne Care Center	Valley City, ND	278 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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