Truss Manufacturing · Iowa
Lumber Specialties - Story City
Story City, IA · ~61 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Lumber Specialties - Story City runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Truss Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Lumber Specialties - Story City: 11.3 TCR = 343% of Truss Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Lumber Specialties - Story City safety composite
Lumber Specialties - Story City scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
28/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% 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
−2.5
2016→2021
Lumber Specialties - Story City injury rate improved
Lumber Specialties - Story City's TCR fell 2.5 from 11.6 in 2016 to 9.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=11.6 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=9.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 321214 · Story City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.3 · 343% of ind
- DART 7.8 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Shelter Systems Trus…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 44 inj
- SIZE ~61 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Shelter Systems Truss Plant (0.0 TCR gap)
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Lumber Specialties - Story City in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Dave Rocke
Dave Rocke
11.4 TCR
- North Carolina
North Carolina Truss Plant
11.4 TCR
- This site
Lumber Specialties - Story City
11.3 TCR
- Shelter System
Shelter Systems Truss Plant
11.3 TCR
- Goldenwood Tru
Goldenwood Truss Corp.
11.2 TCR
What this shows Lumber Specialties - Story City averages 11.3 TCR (343% of the Truss Manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Lumber Specialties - Story City TCR series: 2016=11.6 · 2017=16.6 · 2018=18.1 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=9.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Lumber Specialties - Story City falls in its industry
421 Truss Manufacturing establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Truss Manufacturing employers in Iowa.
Lumber Specialties - Story City has more employees than the Truss Manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 18.1 | 10.3 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.6 | 12.1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
321214 · IA · Story City
421 Truss Manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 16 employers in Story City, 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 | Shelter Systems Truss Plant | 11.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dave Rocke | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Carolina Truss Plant | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Goldenwood Truss Corp. | 11.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Slater P&S | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Humboldt Headquarters | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Council Bluffs Service Center | 61 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sande Construction | 61 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Packaging Corporation | 325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bethany Manor, Inc | 297 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | American Packaging Corporation Flexographic Center of Excellence | 283 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Bethany Life | 270 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Coral Bay Health Care | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Organic Bunch Harvesting | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PHX - Inflight | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sherman's Place Inc - DC | 11.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Summer Garden | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | East Long Meadow FS (GTS, HTSG) | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ruan Transport Corporation T-667 | 61 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ruan Transport Corporation T-272 | 61 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.