Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · Iowa

Josephson Manufacturing Company

Name: Josephson Manufacturing Company Workplace Safety Data
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Fort Dodge, IA · ~61 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.4
Avg TCR: 5.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Josephson Manufacturing Company runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Josephson Manufacturing Company: 3.4 TCR = 64% of Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Josephson Manufacturing Company safety composite

Josephson Manufacturing Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 51% 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers
DART rate: D 1.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% 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

−4.9

2016→2019

Josephson Manufacturing Company injury rate improved

Josephson Manufacturing Company's TCR fell 4.9 from 6.3 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Fort Dodge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.4 · 64% of ind

DART 1.4 DART
RANK #3/13
PHOTO Multimatic New Haven
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Multimatic New Haven (0.0 TCR gap)

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API Heattransf

3.5
This site

3.4
Multimatic New

3.4
Aluminum

3.4
Corporate Head

3.4

What this shows Josephson Manufacturing Company averages 3.4 TCR (64% of the Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Josephson Manufacturing Company TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2018=2.6 · 2019=1.4 · BLS 5.4

Where Josephson Manufacturing Company falls in its industry

772 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manu establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 13 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manu employers in Iowa.

Josephson Manufacturing Company (61 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Josephson Manufacturing Company has fewer employees than the Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2019	1.4	1.4	1
2018	2.6	0.0	2
2016	6.3	2.1	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · IA · Fort Dodge

772 Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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	Multimatic New Haven	FORT WAYNE, IN	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Aluminum	HOPKINSVILLE, KY	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Corporate Headquarters	BATTLE CREEK, MI	3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	API Heattransfer	MONTGOMERY, AL	3.5 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	UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center	Fort Dodge	790 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center	Fort Dodge	648 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Dodge Terminal	Fort Dodge	539 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Fort Dodge Correctional Facility	Fort Dodge	452 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pomeroy Service Building	Pomeroy, OH	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Florida Suites	Modesto, CA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	4054-Abs 0026 0469	Lynnwood, WA	3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ameriflight-Portland	Portland, OR	3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	BCF	Lansdale, PA	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fort Wayne NE Service Center	Newhaven, IN	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N Charleston Transmission Svc Bldg	Charleston, WV	61 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fas Rdu	Clayton, NC	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, 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.