Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Johnson Machine Works

Chariton, IA · ~82 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Johnson Machine Works runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Johnson Machine Works: 4.9 TCR = 148% of Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Johnson Machine Works safety composite

Johnson Machine Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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

Johnson Machine Works: 6.8 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2023

Johnson Machine Works's TCR rose 0.5 from 6.8 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Chariton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 148% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #10/24
  • PHOTO Livi Steel
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Livi Steel (0.0 TCR gap)

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Johnson Machine Works in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Johnson Machine Works averages 4.9 TCR (148% of the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Johnson Machine Works TCR series: 2016=6.8 · 2017=1.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=5 · 2020=5.2 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=7.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Johnson Machine Works falls in its industry

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

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 24 Barge sections, prefabricated employers in Iowa.

Johnson Machine Works (82 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Johnson Machine Works
Johnson Machine Works (82 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Johnson Machine Works has more employees than the Barge sections, prefabricated metal, man median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023 7.3 2.9 5 0 0
2022 5.9 1.5 4 0 0
2020 5.2 2.6 4 0 0
2019 5.0 2.5 4 0 0
2018 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2017 1.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 6.8 2.3 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IA · Chariton

1,491 Barge sections, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 18 employers in Chariton, 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 Livi Steel 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anasteel 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Classic Recreation Systems 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CMC Rebar Auburn 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eagle Grove 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Algona ALG1 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Head Office 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grocery-Chariton 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truck-Chariton 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Produce-Chariton 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lucas County Health Center 206 FTE
NAT-TCR Trucchi's Supermarket #4 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnold Reception Desk Inc 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #405 CLEVELAND, TN 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR ContiTech Sun Prairie 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Deseret Book Warehouse 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Heat Waves Hot Oil Service, LLC 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jakes Electric, LLC 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE PEC-POR_CUS 82 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: 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.