Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing · Iowa

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc.

Hiawatha, IA · ~39 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. safety composite

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 22%), 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

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% 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%).

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. held a steady TCR band

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 2.8 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.8 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333514 · Hiawatha, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO BML Tool & Mfg. Corp.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BML Tool & Mfg. Corp. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% 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

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. TCR series: 2023=2.8 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. falls in its industry

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma establishments

Safer than 59% 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 #3 safest of 8 Cutting dies, metalworking, ma employers in Iowa.

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. (39 employees, TCR 2.8) 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 Master Tool & Mfg., Inc.
Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. (39 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Master Tool & Mfg., Inc. has fewer employees than the Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturin median and a lower 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
2024 2.8 2.8 1 0 0
2023 2.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333514 · IA · Hiawatha

387 Cutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 54 employers in Hiawatha, 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 BML Tool & Mfg. Corp. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Anchor Danly 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Composidie, Inc. 2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Container Graphics Tx 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGDC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience: MRN1: Marion IA R&D 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crystal Lake 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR CCB Packaging 391 FTE
CITY-NEAR HAWKEYE AREA COMM ACTION PROGRAM, INC 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR CEC 266 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crystal Group Inc 240 FTE
NAT-TCR Valvoline Santa Fe Springs 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR EMS - Cherrywood Pointe Lexing 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lornamead 2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kenosha Wi Sales Center 2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stanek Tool LLC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Facility Services 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Megawatt Electric, LLC 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Griffin Construction LLC 39 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, 2023. 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.