Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~174 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing: 1.6 TCR = 50% of Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing safety composite

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 1.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−1.1

2023→2024

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing injury rate improved

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing's TCR fell 1.1 from 2.2 in 2023 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.2 · 2024=1.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Cedar Rapids, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 50% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #5/65
  • PHOTO Bush Hog Selma
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~174 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bush Hog Selma (0.1 TCR gap)

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Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing averages 1.6 TCR (50% of the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing TCR series: 2023=2.2 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing falls in its industry

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 65 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty employers in Iowa.

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing (174 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing
Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing (174 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Highway Equipment Company dba New Leader Manufacturing has more employees than the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufa median and a lower 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
2024 1.1 0.0 2 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Cedar Rapids

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 Bush Hog Selma 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Fountainhead Group,Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR AMCO Manufacturing Company, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Industrial Metal Products 1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE BELMOND IA 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE The HON Company Progress Park 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE Johnston 174 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines PFC 174 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR MOM's Organic Market - Frederick 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 5220-Las Cruces Hauling 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Carrier Commercial Services (Houston) 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Precision Dose, Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE ABF Freight 149 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Action Industries Inc. 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE MALDEN-MA63 174 FTE
NAT-SIZE Estes Services 174 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.