Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Iowa

Metal Design Systems Inc.

Anamosa, IA · ~93 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metal Design Systems Inc. runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Metal Design Systems Inc.: 6.6 TCR = 200% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metal Design Systems Inc. safety composite

Metal Design Systems Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% 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%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2021→2024

Metal Design Systems Inc. injury rate improved

Metal Design Systems Inc.'s TCR fell 4.7 from 7.9 in 2021 to 3.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 13.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Anamosa, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 200% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO Argon Industries
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~93 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Argon Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metal Design Systems Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metal Design Systems Inc. averages 6.6 TCR (200% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Metal Design Systems Inc. TCR series: 2021=7.9 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=13.2 · 2024=3.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Metal Design Systems Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Iowa.

Metal Design Systems Inc. (93 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Metal Design Systems Inc.
Metal Design Systems Inc. (93 employees, TCR 6.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Metal Design Systems Inc. has more employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 3.2 2.1 3 0 0
2023 13.2 7.7 12 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 2 0 0
2021 7.9 2.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IA · Anamosa

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 20 employers in Anamosa, 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 Argon Industries 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Robinson, Inc.-DP1 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Duro Dyne Ohio 6.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Pottorff Texas 6.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corp 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Manchester 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centerville General Office 93 FTE
STATE-SIZE Godbersen Smith Const. Co 93 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASP Offenders 692 FTE
CITY-NEAR ASP Staff 297 FTE
CITY-NEAR IPI Offenders 202 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 646 167 FTE
NAT-TCR Clark Drew Construction, Inc 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 9530 - Us Hwy 1 S 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 9277 - Inverness 6.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Wauconda 6.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kingman Superior Court 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Price Chopper #200 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE Canopy by Hilton Washington DC | The Wharf 93 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Berg Corporation 93 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, 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.