Iron foundries · Iowa

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation

Name: Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cedar Falls, IA · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.3
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation runs at 191% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade D.

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation: 6.3 TCR = 191% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation safety composite

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 6.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers
DART rate: D 3.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation: 3.6 → 5.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 16.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.54× in 2021

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation's TCR rose 1.4 from 3.6 in 2016 to 5.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 16.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 191% of ind

DART 3.4 DART
RANK #4/14
PHOTO Charter Aarrowcast
BOOK 5y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charter Aarrowcast (0.1 TCR gap)

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Charter Aarrow

6.4
JD Castings In

6.4
This site

6.3
Federal-Mogul

6.2
Torrance Casti

6.2

What this shows Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation averages 6.3 TCR (191% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=16.4 · 2020=4.7 · 2021=5 · BLS 3.3

Where Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation falls in its industry

272 Iron foundries establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 14 Iron foundries employers in Iowa.

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation (55 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Iron Foundry (A Unit of IDEX Corporation has fewer employees than the Iron foundries median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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
2021	5.0	3.4	1	2
2020	4.7	2.4	2	0
2019	16.4	9.1	9	0
2018	1.6	0.0	1	0
2016	3.6	3.6	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · IA · Cedar Falls

272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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	Charter Aarrowcast	SHAWANO, WI	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	JD Castings Inc	NIAGARA, WI	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Lake City, Minnesota	LAKE CITY, MN	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Torrance Casting, Inc.	LA CROSSE, WI	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Oakridge	ESTHERVILLE	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2	ALGONA	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Altoona- Streets	ALTOONA	55 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Quality Traffic Control, Inc.	DES MOINES	55 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center	Cedar Falls	1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC	Cedar Falls	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls DC	Cedar Falls	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Home Services	Cedar Falls	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	Silver Creek Manor	San Antonio, TX	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Taylor Hospital	Ridley Park, PA	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Regional Medical Center	Orangeburg, SC	6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Administrative Office	New Castle, PA	6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Golden Good Shepherd Home	Golden, IL	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sigmund Cohn Corp.	Mount Vernon, NY	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	3013 Keystone	Bridgeton, MO	55 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Levelland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Levelland, TX	55 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: 2021, 2020, 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.