Machine shops · Iowa

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine

Name: HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cedar Falls, IA · ~36 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine: 4.6 TCR = 139% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine safety composite

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−9.3

2020→2023

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine injury rate improved

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine's TCR fell 9.3 from 9.3 in 2020 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.3 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 139% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/30
PHOTO Tracey Gear & Precis…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tracey Gear & Precision Shaft (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.6
Tracey Gear &

4.6
NA-US-CA-Lathr

4.6
HyPro Inc. Jef

4.6
Latitude Corp

4.6

What this shows HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine averages 4.6 TCR (139% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine TCR series: 2020=9.3 · 2021=9.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.3

Where HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 30 Machine shops employers in Iowa.

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine (36 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

HDM, LLC dba Bruns Machine has fewer employees than the Machine shops median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	Injuries
2023	0.0	0
2022	0.0	0
2021	9.1	3
2020	9.3	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IA · Cedar Falls

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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	Tracey Gear & Precision Shaft	PAWTUCKET, RI	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NA-US-CA-Lathrop-Harlan Rd-Manufacturing	LATHROP, CA	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	HyPro Inc. Jefferson (JF)	WATERFORD, WI	4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Latitude Corp	VERONA, WI	4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT	ALGONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative	ALLISON	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Algona Municipal Utilities	ALGONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waterloo Water Works	WATERLOO	36 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center	Cedar Falls	1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC	Cedar Falls	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls DC	Cedar Falls	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Home Services	Cedar Falls	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	tkSCS Brownstown Containment	Brownstown Township, MI	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Northern Operations Center	Newport, OR	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Nutra Blend - Neosho	Neosho, MO	4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Raycon Ct Inc	Braintree, MA	4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Grafton Food Center, Inc.	Grafton, OH	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Southland Truck Group, LLC - Shreveport	Shreveport, LA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mar-Jac Poultry Farms, Lula Hatchery	Lula, GA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Johnson County Judicial Center	Paintsville, KY	36 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.