Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing · Iowa
Iowa Contract Fabricators
Riceville, IA · ~134 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Contract Fabricators runs at 136% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Iowa Contract Fabricators: 4.5 TCR = 136% of Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa Contract Fabricators safety composite
Iowa Contract Fabricators scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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).
52/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.5 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% 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
Iowa Contract Fabricators: 2.9 → 6.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2024
Iowa Contract Fabricators's TCR rose 3.2 from 2.9 in 2023 to 6.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Riceville, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.5 · 136% of ind
- DART 3.0 DART
- RANK #8/21
- PHOTO Cardone Ind Plant 11…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 10 inj
- SIZE ~134 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Cardone Ind Plant 11+12 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Iowa Contract Fabricators in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Iowa Contract Fabricators
4.5 TCR
- Cardone Ind Pl
Cardone Ind Plant 11+12
4.5 TCR
- Morgan Olson R
Morgan Olson Ringgold Virginia
4.5 TCR
- BFX Fire
BFX Fire
4.5 TCR
- Complete Truck
Complete Truck Bodies Inc.
4.5 TCR
What this shows Iowa Contract Fabricators averages 4.5 TCR (136% of the Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Iowa Contract Fabricators TCR series: 2023=2.9 · 2024=6.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Iowa Contract Fabricators falls in its industry
470 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturi establishmentsSafer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 21 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturi employers in Iowa.
Iowa Contract Fabricators has more employees than the Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · IA · Riceville
470 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 | Cardone Ind Plant 11+12 | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Morgan Olson Ringgold Virginia | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BFX Fire | 4.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Complete Truck Bodies Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Graham Construction Company - Central Iowa | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heartland Finishes, INC | 134 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Keokuk Steel Castings | 134 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Riceville | 144 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | ITW Drawform | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ncsta - Statesville | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Life Care Center of Hickory Woods | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Grob Inc. | 4.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Nchav - Havelock | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Newton | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Oakdale | 134 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Corporate Office | 134 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.