Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing · Iowa

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant

Fort Dodge, IA · ~65 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant runs at 67% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant: 2.2 TCR = 67% of Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant safety composite

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant held a steady TCR band

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant's TCR held near 0.2 from 1.2 in 2016 to 1.4 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 4.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Fort Dodge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 67% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO IN150 Wheatfield Gyp…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: IN150 Wheatfield Gypsum (0.0 TCR gap)

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NGC - Fort Dodge Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows NGC - Fort Dodge Plant averages 2.2 TCR (67% of the Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=1.2 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.4 · BLS 3.3

Where NGC - Fort Dodge Plant falls in its industry

123 Joint compounds, gypsum based, establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

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 7 Joint compounds, gypsum based, employers in Iowa.

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant (65 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate NGC - Fort Dodge Plant
NGC - Fort Dodge Plant (65 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

NGC - Fort Dodge Plant has fewer employees than the Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020 1.4 0.0 1 0 0
2019 2.5 1.3 2 0 0
2018 1.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 4.8 0.0 4 0 0
2016 1.2 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · IA · Fort Dodge

123 Joint compounds, gypsum based, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 IN150 Wheatfield Gypsum 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gold Bond Building Products - Apollo Beach 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Shoals 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR NGC - Savannah Plant 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PDA Duane Arnold 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dubuque Operating Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest and Associate Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids, IA/Quad Cities HVAC 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Terminal 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Correctional Facility 452 FTE
NAT-TCR MMP - 887 Congress St 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado- Leap 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Cortez Location 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR SugarHouse HSP Gaming LP 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Insource Performance Solutions at Hanes Brands Inc. Cleveland 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keller Landing 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crosstex - AZ 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunter Panels - Terrell 65 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: 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.