Identification plates, metal, manufacturing · Iowa

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology

Cedar Falls, IA · ~135 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Identification plates, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology: 2.1 TCR = 63% of Identification plates, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology safety composite

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% 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

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.5

2018→2020

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology injury rate improved

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 3.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=3.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Cedar Falls, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 63% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/18
  • PHOTO S-5! Manufacturing a…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S-5! Manufacturing a Division of Metal Roof Innovations Ltd (0.0 TCR gap)

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O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology averages 2.1 TCR (63% of the Identification plates, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology TCR series: 2018=3.5 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.3

Where O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology falls in its industry

827 Identification plates, metal, establishments

Safer than 80% 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 18 Identification plates, metal, employers in Iowa.

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology (135 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology
O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology (135 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology has more employees than the Identification plates, metal, manufactur 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 2.8 2.1 4 0 0
2018 3.5 2.3 3 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · IA · Cedar Falls

827 Identification plates, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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 S-5! Manufacturing a Division of Metal Roof Innovations Ltd 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Giles Enterprises Inc 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Knox Company 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ferno-Washington Inc 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Luana 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hahn Ready Mix Plant #32 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE GMT Corporation 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE 3730 Martin Luther King Jr Dr 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center 1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls DC 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Home Services 752 FTE
NAT-TCR Hv-Open 12/6/10 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Luther St. Cloud Honda 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Livermore Toyota 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Berry Plastics Bloomington 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE American Gypsum 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brentwood500 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cabot Corporation Canal Plant 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASGCO Mfg. 135 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.