Electrical signs manufacturing · Iowa

Nagle Signs Inc.

Waterloo, IA · ~35 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nagle Signs Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electrical signs manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

Nagle Signs Inc.: 4.7 TCR = 143% of Electrical signs manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nagle Signs Inc. safety composite

Nagle Signs Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−7.4

2016→2024

Nagle Signs Inc. injury rate improved

Nagle Signs Inc.'s TCR fell 7.4 from 10.4 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.4 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 143% of ind

  • DART 3.1 DART
  • RANK #4/4
  • PHOTO Charles Hampton's A-…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Charles Hampton's A-1 Signs, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nagle Signs Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nagle Signs Inc. averages 4.7 TCR (143% of the Electrical signs manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Nagle Signs Inc. TCR series: 2016=10.4 · 2017=5 · 2018=5.6 · 2019=2.9 · 2020=3 · 2021=3 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=3.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Nagle Signs Inc. falls in its industry

405 Electrical signs manufacturing establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 4 Electrical signs manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Nagle Signs Inc. (35 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0100200300 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Nagle Signs Inc.
Nagle Signs Inc. (35 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Nagle Signs Inc. has fewer employees than the Electrical signs manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2023 6.4 3.2 2 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2021 3.0 3.0 1 0 0
2020 3.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2018 5.6 0.0 2 0 0
2017 5.0 5.0 2 0 0
2016 10.4 7.8 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · IA · Waterloo

405 Electrical signs manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 Charles Hampton's A-1 Signs, Inc 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fairmont Sign Company 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gregory, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR B2Sign, Inc. 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR Midwest Fasteners Inc 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR CIT Trucks - Rockford 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Primetals Technologies USA LLC Columbus MS 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Western Janitorial Service, Inc. 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mars Ny 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Or-Cal Jc/Hb 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Junction Climate Control 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE WCAT Wichita Falls 35 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, 2017, 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.