Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Iowa

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~35 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. runs at 161% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc.: 5.3 TCR = 161% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. safety composite

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 24%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 24% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc.: 5.6 → 7.8 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2019

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc.'s TCR rose 2.3 from 5.6 in 2016 to 7.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 161% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Metal Products Inc
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Metal Products Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. averages 5.3 TCR (161% of the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=7.9 · 2018=0 · 2019=7.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 24% 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 8 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Iowa.

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ledford Engineering CO., Inc.
Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. (35 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Ledford Engineering CO., Inc. has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin 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
2019 7.8 0.0 3 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.9 0.0 3 0 0
2016 5.6 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · IA · Cedar Rapids

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 Metal Products Inc 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEYCO MACHINE AND TOOL, INC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carlson Tool & Manufacturing Corp 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR CARR LANE MANUFACTURING CO 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR Winholt-PA 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Placid 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF1 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Ddt1 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Wilkes-Barre Distribution Center (WDC) 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3377 Keystone 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE XDS Holdings 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Line Polymers--Pandora 35 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, 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.