Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purchased wire · Iowa
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc.
Centerville, IA · ~89 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. runs at 152% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purchased wire workplace, earning a grade D.
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 152% of Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purchased wire BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. safety composite
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 36%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 5.01 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 59% 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
−5.0
2016→2024
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. injury rate improved
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc.'s TCR fell 5.0 from 5.3 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.05× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=5.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332618 · Centerville, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 152% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #3/4
- PHOTO Lift-All Company Chi…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 29 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lift-All Company Chicago (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- J Henry Hollan
J Henry Holland (Virginia Beach, VA)
5.1 TCR
- Engineered Wir
Engineered Wire Products
5.1 TCR
- This site
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc.
5 TCR
- Lift-All Compa
Lift-All Company Chicago
5 TCR
- Acme Wire Prod
Acme Wire Products Company, Inc.
4.9 TCR
What this shows Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (152% of the Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purchased wire BLS benchmark).
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=4.1 · 2021=6.2 · 2022=7.7 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 3.3
Where Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. falls in its industry
270 Concrete reinforcing mesh made establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Concrete reinforcing mesh made employers in Iowa.
Iowa Steel & Wire Inc. has more employees than the Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332618 · IA · Centerville
270 Concrete reinforcing mesh made from purchased wire employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 28 employers in Centerville, 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 | Lift-All Company Chicago | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | J Henry Holland (Virginia Beach, VA) | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Engineered Wire Products | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Acme Wire Products Company, Inc. | 4.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrum Valley Farms Dows | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ICF Ovation | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muscatine Power & Water Power Plant | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative | 89 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hillphoenix, Inc | 248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bemis North America - Centerville | 246 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 2643-14010001-140101 | 228 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | AMCOR Flexibles North America | 215 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | A2Z Personnel | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Capital Steel Erectors, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joby Aviation Marina | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eco Electric and Pluming Office | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Recovery Village at Columbus | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Recovery Village Cherry Hill | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | G.E. Mechanical, LLC | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CEI Materials, LLC | 89 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.