Firearms, small, manufacturing · Iowa

LMT Defense

Eldridge, IA · ~195 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LMT Defense runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firearms, small, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

LMT Defense: 9.2 TCR = 278% of Firearms, small, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LMT Defense safety composite

LMT Defense scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−21.6

2021→2024

LMT Defense injury rate improved

LMT Defense's TCR fell 21.6 from 23.8 in 2021 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 23.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=23.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332994 · Eldridge, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK P5
  • PHOTO Marble's Gun Sights,…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Marble's Gun Sights, Inc. (0.9 TCR gap)

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LMT Defense in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LMT Defense averages 9.2 TCR (278% of the Firearms, small, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LMT Defense TCR series: 2021=23.8 · 2022=1.7 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 3.3

Where LMT Defense falls in its industry

126 Firearms, small, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
LMT Defense (195 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate LMT Defense
LMT Defense (195 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 2.5

LMT Defense has more employees than the Firearms, small, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2024 2.1 2.1 4 0 0
2022 1.7 0.6 3 0 0
2021 23.8 23.8 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332994 · IA · Eldridge

126 Firearms, small, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 23 employers in Eldridge, 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 Marble's Gun Sights, Inc. 10.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Henry Repeating Arms 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Florida Firearms 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC 11.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Algona ALG1 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Falls Utilities 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Branch 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nichols Aluminum Casting 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR Uniparts Olsen, Inc. 148 FTE
CITY-NEAR Logistic Service, LLC 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amhof Trucking, Inc. 89 FTE
CITY-NEAR NM Transfer/Eldridge 74 FTE
NAT-TCR Briar Glen Alz 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arden Courts of Wayne 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Canopy Oaks 9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR First Strike Environmental Company 9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE E-Z Bel Construction 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Naugatuck 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air Treatment Corporation 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market of Choice #9 195 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: 2024, 2022, 2021. 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.