Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing · Iowa

Iowa Countertops, Inc

Grimes, IA · ~30 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Countertops, Inc runs at 272% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Iowa Countertops, Inc: 9.0 TCR = 272% of Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Countertops, Inc safety composite

Iowa Countertops, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−2.6

2016→2020

Iowa Countertops, Inc injury rate improved

Iowa Countertops, Inc's TCR fell 2.6 from 10.1 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.1 · 2017=10.2 · 2018=13.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337110 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 272% of ind

  • DART 7.5 DART
  • RANK #7/11
  • PHOTO Monarch Mfg Inc
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Monarch Mfg Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Countertops, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Countertops, Inc averages 9.0 TCR (272% of the Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Countertops, Inc TCR series: 2016=10.1 · 2017=10.2 · 2018=13.5 · 2019=3.6 · 2020=7.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Iowa Countertops, Inc falls in its industry

508 Countertops (i.e., kitchen, ba establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 11 Countertops (i.e., kitchen, ba employers in Iowa.

Iowa Countertops, Inc (30 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0200400600 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Countertops, Inc
Iowa Countertops, Inc (30 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Iowa Countertops, Inc has fewer employees than the Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), w median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2020 7.5 7.5 2 0 0
2019 3.6 3.6 1 0 0
2018 13.5 6.8 4 0 0
2017 10.2 10.2 3 0 0
2016 10.1 10.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337110 · IA · Grimes

508 Countertops (i.e., kitchen, bathroom), wood or plastics laminated on wood, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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 Monarch Mfg Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cabinets By Design LLC. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cabinets, Counters & More, Inc. 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Surfacing Materials, LLC 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Mount Pleasant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Laborers 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Plant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kading Construction Company Inc 30 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Carwash Solutions 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Office 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grimes - Main Store 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5748 315 FTE
NAT-TCR Ambulance Express Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Taber Company, Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Region 1 - Lawnfield 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Pcx - Ct 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Burns Machine Company 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Spancrete - Crystal Lake 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Sprinkler MN 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE The TES Group, Inc. 30 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.