Mechanical equipment insulation · Iowa

Iowa Insulation, Inc

Nevada, IA · ~37 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Insulation, Inc runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Mechanical equipment insulation workplace, earning a grade B.

Iowa Insulation, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 61% of Mechanical equipment insulation BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Insulation, Inc safety composite

Iowa Insulation, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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 Insulation, Inc: 0.0 → 3.4 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.99× in 2018

Iowa Insulation, Inc's TCR rose 3.4 from 0.0 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Nevada, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 61% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #10/30
  • PHOTO CPS Southwest Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CPS Southwest Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Insulation, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Insulation, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (61% of the Mechanical equipment insulation BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Insulation, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=3.4 · BLS 2.8

Where Iowa Insulation, Inc falls in its industry

1,138 Mechanical equipment insulatio establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 30 Mechanical equipment insulatio employers in Iowa.

Iowa Insulation, Inc (37 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Insulation, Inc
Iowa Insulation, Inc (37 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Iowa Insulation, Inc has fewer employees than the Mechanical equipment insulation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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
2018 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · IA · Nevada

1,138 Mechanical equipment insulation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Nevada, 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 CPS Southwest Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Action Automatic Door & Gate 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Elevator Tampa 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR TK Elevator Fargo 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell City Warehouse 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux County Egg 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE OSI Gen Repair & Svc Wind Plt 37 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Lawrence (KS009) 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Corporation 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR Burke Marketing Corporation 387 FTE
CITY-NEAR Story County Medical Center 215 FTE
CITY-NEAR Gary W Clem, Inc. dba ALMACO 180 FTE
NAT-TCR 6091-SS026 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR REA 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Bemis North America - Boscobel 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Chevron Co-Generating Plant 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Infusion Partners (CarePoint Partners - Youngstown) - 1142 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE CarePoint Partners - 1021 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morrison Ave. Distribution Center 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sun Residential 37 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: 2018, 2016. 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.