Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing · Iowa

Oertel Metal Works, Inc.

Davenport, IA · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. runs at 50% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Oertel Metal Works, Inc.: 1.7 TCR = 50% of Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. safety composite

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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

Oertel Metal Works, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2024

Oertel Metal Works, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.7 from 0.0 in 2021 to 2.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332322 · Davenport, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 50% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #3/12
  • PHOTO Buxcon Sheet Metal
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Buxcon Sheet Metal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Oertel Metal Works, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Oertel Metal Works, Inc. averages 1.7 TCR (50% of the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=2.3 · 2024=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Oertel Metal Works, Inc. falls in its industry

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stamp establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

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 12 Sheet metal work (except stamp employers in Iowa.

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Oertel Metal Works, Inc.
Oertel Metal Works, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Oertel Metal Works, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sheet metal work (except stampings) manu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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 2.7 1.3 2 0 0
2022 2.3 2.3 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332322 · IA · Davenport

1,158 Sheet metal work (except stampings) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 284 employers in Davenport, 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 Buxcon Sheet Metal 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Exceptional Metals 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Flagala Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeastern Rack Company 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne-Genesis, East Hospital-MHS-IA/NE 2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genesis Medical Center East Campus 1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Davenport Works 1,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MLI1 1,353 FTE
NAT-TCR Lins Richfield 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Automated Packaging Systems LLC of Sealed Air 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 2018 - CA California Health Care Facility - Stockton 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Fidelity Engineering, LLC dba Fidelity Power Systems 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Coke Northeast 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ansonia 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE MPS Returns Center 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE My Favorite Neighbor 52 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, 2022, 2021. 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.