Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing · Iowa

Iowa Prison Industries

Name: Iowa Prison Industries Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Fort Madison, IA · ~61 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iowa Prison Industries runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Iowa Prison Industries: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Prison Industries safety composite

Iowa Prison Industries scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 6.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Iowa Prison Industries: 4.4 → 8.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Iowa Prison Industries's TCR rose 3.6 from 4.4 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 321211 · Fort Madison, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P46
PHOTO Bessemer Plywood Cor…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bessemer Plywood Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.1
Indiana Veneer

6.1

What this shows Iowa Prison Industries averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Iowa Prison Industries TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2019=8 · BLS 3.3

Where Iowa Prison Industries falls in its industry

116 Hardwood veneer or plywood man establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Iowa Prison Industries (61 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 5.9

Iowa Prison Industries has fewer employees than the Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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
2019	8.0	0.0	1	0	0
2016	4.4	3.3	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

321211 · IA · Fort Madison

116 Hardwood veneer or plywood manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Fort Madison, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Bessemer Plywood Corporation	BESSEMER, MI	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbia Forest Products - Newport, VT	NEWPORT, VT	6.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Timberline Cabinet Doors, Inc	CEDAR CITY, UT	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Indiana Veneer	MONTPELIER, IN	6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Slater P&S	SLATER	61 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Humboldt Headquarters	HUMBOLDT	61 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Council Bluffs Service Center	COUNCIL BLUFFS	61 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sande Construction	HUMBOLDT	61 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Madison, IA	Fort Madison	554 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iowa State Penitentiary	Fort Madison	486 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Madison Community Hospital	Fort Madison	428 FTE
CITY-NEAR	The Scotts Company - Fort Madison	Fort Madison	325 FTE
NAT-TCR	3374 LKQ/Keystone	Jonesboro, AR	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Paonia, Inc.	Colorado Springs, CO	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	LifePath- Sellersville	Sellersville, PA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Palmhurst Store	Palmhurst, TX	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Stevenson Family Health Center	Bronx, NY	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Oakridge of Plattsburg	Plattsburg, MO	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fiber-line	Hickory, NC	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Parkside Elementary School	Buffalo, MN	61 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: 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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