Gypsum board installation · Iowa

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc

Waterloo, IA · ~45 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Gypsum board installation workplace, earning a grade D.

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc: 5.3 TCR = 191% of Gypsum board installation BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc safety composite

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 26%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−1.6

2016→2024

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc injury rate improved

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc's TCR fell 1.6 from 13.3 in 2016 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.3 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=11.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238310 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 191% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO DMI, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DMI, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Wall Systems, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Wall Systems, Inc averages 5.3 TCR (191% of the Gypsum board installation BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc TCR series: 2016=13.3 · 2018=3.8 · 2019=3.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Iowa Wall Systems, Inc falls in its industry

1,613 Gypsum board installation establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 13 Gypsum board installation employers in Iowa.

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc (45 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Wall Systems, Inc
Iowa Wall Systems, Inc (45 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Iowa Wall Systems, Inc has fewer employees than the Gypsum board installation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 11.7 3.9 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.3 3.3 2 0 0
2018 3.8 3.8 2 0 0
2016 13.3 6.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238310 · IA · Waterloo

1,613 Gypsum board installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 DMI, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roadrunner Drywall 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 10 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Edwards Mooney & Moses 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bushel Boy - Mason City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amana Farms, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Opal Foods Hampton 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Service Center 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR Christ the King Manor Inc. 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Preferred Popcorn 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Harbison 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Bellerose Day Hab Offices 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE M2M On track LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clearwing Productions Arizona LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alamo Heights 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Depot Mira Loma CA 45 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 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.