Steel manufacturing · Iowa

Monarch Materials Group, Inc.

Adel, IA · ~43 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Steel manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Monarch Materials Group, Inc.: 7.4 TCR = 224% of Steel manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. safety composite

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−3.8

2016→2024

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. injury rate improved

Monarch Materials Group, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.8 from 9.0 in 2016 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=2.0 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=18.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331110 · Adel, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.4 · 224% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #9/10
  • PHOTO Crucible
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Crucible (0.0 TCR gap)

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Monarch Materials Group, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Monarch Materials Group, Inc. averages 7.4 TCR (224% of the Steel manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. TCR series: 2016=9 · 2018=8.8 · 2019=8.6 · 2020=2 · 2021=4.6 · 2022=18.3 · 2023=2.9 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Monarch Materials Group, Inc. falls in its industry

416 Steel manufacturing establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.

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 10 Steel manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Monarch Materials Group, Inc.
Monarch Materials Group, Inc. (43 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 155 employees and a TCR of 2.7

Monarch Materials Group, Inc. has fewer employees than the Steel manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 5.2 2.6 2 0 0
2023 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2022 18.3 7.8 7 0 0
2021 4.6 3.0 3 0 0
2020 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2019 8.6 4.3 3 1 0
2018 8.8 4.4 4 0 0
2016 9.0 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331110 · IA · Adel

416 Steel manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Adel, 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 Crucible 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Great Lakes Manufacturing 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eaton Metal Products 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Xcel Steel Pickling 7.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County, Iowa 290 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 124 ADEL 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County Service Center 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Hydro Resources - Rocky Mountain, Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Lafayette Steel & Aluminum of Lafayette a Division of the Oscar Winski Company 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Phoenix Distribution Center 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hanalei Bay Resort 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Maryland Overpak Corporation 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE CIT Trucks - Peru 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE 20 Parker 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlanta- Dry Bulk Transport 43 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.