Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Iowa

Letica-Iowa

Musacatine, IA · ~88 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Letica-Iowa runs at 302% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Letica-Iowa: 9.9 TCR = 302% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Letica-Iowa safety composite

Letica-Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−1.2

2016→2017

Letica-Iowa injury rate improved

Letica-Iowa's TCR fell 1.2 from 10.5 in 2016 to 9.4 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.5 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Musacatine, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.9 · 302% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #48/63
  • PHOTO RISE Building Products
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: RISE Building Products (0.0 TCR gap)

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Letica-Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Letica-Iowa averages 9.9 TCR (302% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Letica-Iowa TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=9.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Letica-Iowa falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 63 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Iowa.

Letica-Iowa (88 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 Letica-Iowa
Letica-Iowa (88 employees, TCR 9.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Letica-Iowa has fewer employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2017 9.4 5.2 9 0 0
2016 10.5 10.5 9 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IA · Musacatine

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 RISE Building Products 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Distribution Weld Office 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HILCO TECHNOLOGIES Plant 2 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dielectric Corporation - Iowa 9.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Reinbeck SPSC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCarthy Improvement Company 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rasmussen Mechanical Services CB 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. 88 FTE
NAT-TCR 0312 - Attleboro, Ma 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FF44436 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Englewood Center (Coegl) 9.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Herb Chambers Andover Street Inc 9.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Northwest 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Kimberling City LLC 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Joplin LLC 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pine Grove Health Center 88 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: 2017, 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.