Foundries, die-casting, aluminum · Iowa

Northern Iowa Die Casting

Lake Park, IA · ~100 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northern Iowa Die Casting runs at 165% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Foundries, die-casting, aluminum workplace, earning a grade D.

Northern Iowa Die Casting: 5.4 TCR = 165% of Foundries, die-casting, aluminum BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northern Iowa Die Casting safety composite

Northern Iowa Die Casting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

−3.3

2016→2018

Northern Iowa Die Casting injury rate improved

Northern Iowa Die Casting's TCR fell 3.3 from 7.1 in 2016 to 3.8 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.1 · 2018=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331523 · Lake Park, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 165% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/4
  • PHOTO Pressure Cast
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~100 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Pressure Cast (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northern Iowa Die Casting in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northern Iowa Die Casting averages 5.4 TCR (165% of the Foundries, die-casting, aluminum BLS benchmark).

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

Northern Iowa Die Casting TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2018=3.8 · BLS 3.3

Where Northern Iowa Die Casting falls in its industry

221 Foundries, die-casting, alumin establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Foundries, die-casting, alumin employers in Iowa.

Northern Iowa Die Casting (100 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 02004006008001,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Northern Iowa Die Casting
Northern Iowa Die Casting (100 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 97 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Northern Iowa Die Casting has more employees than the Foundries, die-casting, aluminum median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018 3.8 0.0 4 0 0
2016 7.1 7.1 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331523 · IA · Lake Park

221 Foundries, die-casting, aluminum employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Lake Park, 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 Pressure Cast 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aluminum Diecast 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Alloy Resources Corporation 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regal Beloit America, Inc 5.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company, LLC. - Mission Critical 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Clinton 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Star Concrete 100 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Plant 100 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pearl Valley of Lake Park 31 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lake Park SNF Operator LLC 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR C & B Operations Lake Park 20 FTE
NAT-TCR Bent County 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Olympia Yard 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Medical Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Olinde's Furniture (50) 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gamco 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Superior Contract 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE IRCC 100 FTE
NAT-SIZE Airport 100 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: 2018, 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.