Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing · Iowa

IML Containers Iowa

Le Mars, IA · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

IML Containers Iowa runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

IML Containers Iowa: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IML Containers Iowa safety composite

IML Containers Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% 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

−10.5

2020→2022

IML Containers Iowa injury rate improved

IML Containers Iowa's TCR fell 10.5 from 12.7 in 2020 to 2.1 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 12.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.29× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=12.7 · 2022=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Le Mars, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #33/63
  • PHOTO Grand Haven Custom M…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grand Haven Custom Molding LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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IML Containers Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows IML Containers Iowa averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

IML Containers Iowa TCR series: 2020=12.7 · 2022=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where IML Containers Iowa falls in its industry

2,838 Bowls and bowl covers, plastic establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 63 Bowls and bowl covers, plastic employers in Iowa.

IML Containers Iowa (52 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate IML Containers Iowa
IML Containers Iowa (52 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

IML Containers Iowa has fewer employees than the Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufac 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 DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2020 12.7 4.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IA · Le Mars

2,838 Bowls and bowl covers, plastics, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 43 employers in Le Mars, 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 Grand Haven Custom Molding LLC 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ershigs Incorporated (GBAY) 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Drug Plastics Closures, Inc. - Phoenix, AZ 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Architectural Polymers 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Plant 1,523 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 454 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center- Headquarter Employees 413 FTE
CITY-NEAR South Ice Cream Freezer 397 FTE
NAT-TCR Jack Hilliard Dist. Co., Inc. - Temple Division 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Anderson Produce Co., Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bed Bath and Beyond Greenville SC 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Nichols Tillage Tools 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Mechanical LLC dba Energy-One 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE AWHA 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kapp Construction & Development Co., Inc. 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lakelands Concrete Products Inc 52 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: 2022, 2020. 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.