Electrical contractors · Iowa

Metro Electric, Inc.

Sioux City, IA · ~40 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Metro Electric, Inc. runs at 461% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Electrical contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Metro Electric, Inc.: 12.9 TCR = 461% of Electrical contractors BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Metro Electric, Inc. safety composite

Metro Electric, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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 12.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−19.7

2016→2024

Metro Electric, Inc. injury rate improved

Metro Electric, Inc.'s TCR fell 19.7 from 27.2 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 27.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=27.2 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=5.6 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Sioux City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.9 · 461% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #60/61
  • PHOTO ITC Utah
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ITC Utah (0.0 TCR gap)

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Metro Electric, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Metro Electric, Inc. averages 12.9 TCR (461% of the Electrical contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Metro Electric, Inc. TCR series: 2016=27.2 · 2017=14.6 · 2018=13.1 · 2019=5.6 · 2023=9.4 · 2024=7.5 · BLS 2.8

Where Metro Electric, Inc. falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical contractors establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 61 Electrical contractors employers in Iowa.

Metro Electric, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Metro Electric, Inc.
Metro Electric, Inc. (40 employees, TCR 12.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Metro Electric, Inc. has fewer employees than the Electrical contractors 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 7.5 0.0 3 0 0
2023 9.4 3.1 2 1 0
2019 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2018 13.1 3.3 4 0 0
2017 14.6 11.7 5 0 0
2016 27.2 21.2 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · IA · Sioux City

4,550 Electrical contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 259 employers in Sioux 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 ITC Utah 12.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR FiCom Group Knoxville 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Provident Electric Inc Dept 2 13.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCTCA Ontario 12.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 FTE
CITY-NEAR Seaboard Triumph Foods 2,375 FTE
CITY-NEAR SeaboardTriumph Foods 1,896 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Regional Medical Center 1,201 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp 691 FTE
NAT-TCR Town of Forest City - Police Department 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Pallet and Crating LLC 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lake Arrowhead Community Services District 12.9 TCR
NAT-TCR National Distributors, Inc. 12.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Qualicoat Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Katz Americas South 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Reliable Ducts Heating and Cooling 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Air & Sea Pak Co. dba Corrigan Air & Sea Cargo 40 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, 2019, 2018, 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.