Toothbrushes (except electric) manufacturing · Iowa
Oral-B Laboratories G.P.
Iowa City, IA · ~452 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. runs at 31% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Toothbrushes (except electric) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Oral-B Laboratories G.P.: 1.0 TCR = 31% of Toothbrushes (except electric) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. safety composite
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% 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%).
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. held a steady TCR band
Oral-B Laboratories G.P.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 0.8 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.8 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 339994 · Iowa City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 31% of ind
- DART 0.5 DART
- RANK #1/4
- PHOTO Quickie Manufacturing
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 42 inj
- SIZE ~452 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Quickie Manufacturing (0.0 TCR gap)
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Oral-B Laboratories G.P. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- US MD Crisfiel
US MD Crisfield Plant
1.3 TCR
- Premier Paint
Premier Paint Roller Co LLC
1.2 TCR
- This site
Oral-B Laboratories G.P.
1 TCR
- Quickie Manufa
Quickie Manufacturing
1 TCR
- Alphapointe -
Alphapointe - New York
0.8 TCR
What this shows Oral-B Laboratories G.P. averages 1.0 TCR (31% of the Toothbrushes (except electric) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. TCR series: 2016=0.8 · 2017=0.6 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=1.1 · 2020=1.6 · 2021=0.2 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=1.2 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 3.3
Where Oral-B Laboratories G.P. falls in its industry
47 Toothbrushes (except electric) establishmentsSafer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 4 Toothbrushes (except electric) employers in Iowa.
Oral-B Laboratories G.P. has more employees than the Toothbrushes (except electric) manufactu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
339994 · IA · Iowa City
47 Toothbrushes (except electric) manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa City, 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 | Quickie Manufacturing | 1.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Premier Paint Roller Co LLC | 1.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Alphapointe - New York | 0.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | US MD Crisfield Plant | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Dodge Correctional Facility | 452 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GPC - Muscatine | 453 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Packaged Meats-LLC | 453 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PMX Industries, Inc. | 451 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1918-19187610 | 29,553 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) | 940 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 8010516-P and G Iowa City | 772 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Iowa City | 721 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Vcf 064 | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Environmental Qualtiy Management - Corporate | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kao Collins Inc. - Edison | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Inc. | 1.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Portland | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Shippensburg | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | JJ Taylor Companies Inc. - Tampa | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Area Agency on Aging of NW AR | 452 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.