Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing · Idaho

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc.

Name: Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Rupert, ID · ~29 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. runs at 358% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc.: 11.8 TCR = 358% of Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. safety composite

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc.: 10.1 → 10.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 20.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2021

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.6 from 10.1 in 2017 to 10.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 20.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Rupert, ID ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.8 · 358% of ind

DART 7.1 DART
RANK #8/13
PHOTO Applequist Mfg, Inc.
BOOK 5y book
INJ 17 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Applequist Mfg, Inc. (0.1 TCR gap)

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Applequist Mfg

11.8
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11.7
CPM Merrrimack

11.7

What this shows Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. averages 11.8 TCR (358% of the Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=14.1 · 2019=20.8 · 2020=3.4 · 2021=10.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. falls in its industry

433 Drags, farm-type equipment, ma establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Idaho alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 13 Drags, farm-type equipment, ma employers in Idaho.

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. (29 employees, TCR 11.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Norwest Manufacturing, Inc. has fewer employees than the Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2021	10.7	7.1	3
2020	3.4	0.0	1
2019	20.8	3.5	6
2018	14.1	0.0	4
2017	10.1	0.0	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · ID · Rupert

433 Drags, farm-type equipment, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,774 rated employers in Idaho with headcount on file · 21 employers in Rupert, ID · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Applequist Mfg, Inc.	SMITH CENTER, KS	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Leedy Mfg	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CNH_Fargo	FARGO, ND	12.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CPM Merrrimack	MERRIMACK, NH	11.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hansen Logging Company	HARVARD	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Avista Lewiston	LEWISTON	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	H2O Well Service Inc.	HAYDEN	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	LeafGuard of Boise	BOISE	29 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Jentzsch Kearl Farms	Rupert	275 FTE
CITY-NEAR	LAND VIEW INC	Rupert	224 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Whitesides Dairy 2016	Rupert	114 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Whitesides Dairy	Rupert	107 FTE
NAT-TCR	Greyhound Bus Lines - Renton Garage	Renton, WA	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Becket House at Auburn	Auburn, ME	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	6458-ZLEB	West Lebanon, NH	11.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	WeatherStar	Brookings, SD	11.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Amerhart Ltd. - Sun Prairie	Sun Prairie, WI	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	AH4R - Charleston SC	N. Charleston, SC	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Foss Manufatoring Co LLC (P-3)	Rome, GA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Stevens Moving & Storage, Inc. - Headquarters	Saginaw, MI	29 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.