Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing · Iowa

PDM Metals

Carlisle, IA · ~32 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

PDM Metals runs at 271% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

PDM Metals: 8.9 TCR = 271% of Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

PDM Metals safety composite

PDM Metals scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 13%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−21.1

2016→2022

PDM Metals injury rate improved

PDM Metals's TCR fell 21.1 from 30.9 in 2016 to 9.8 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 30.9 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=30.9 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=9.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332311 · Carlisle, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.9 · 271% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO HERITAGE MANUFACTURI…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HERITAGE MANUFACTURING, INC (0.1 TCR gap)

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PDM Metals in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows PDM Metals averages 8.9 TCR (271% of the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

PDM Metals TCR series: 2016=30.9 · 2017=7.7 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.4 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=9.8 · BLS 3.3

Where PDM Metals falls in its industry

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Buildings, prefabricated metal employers in Iowa.

PDM Metals (32 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate PDM Metals
PDM Metals (32 employees, TCR 8.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 75 employees and a TCR of 4.1

PDM Metals has fewer employees than the Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufact median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.1. 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
2022 9.8 2.0 5 0 0
2021 3.2 1.6 2 0 0
2020 4.4 2.2 2 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 7.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 30.9 15.4 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332311 · IA · Carlisle

393 Buildings, prefabricated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 9 employers in Carlisle, 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 HERITAGE MANUFACTURING, INC 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Panel Built, Inc 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arrow Shed, LLC - Breese 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Portland Facility 9.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE GSC Agribusiness 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery Department- Fuss Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley North 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington 32 FTE
CITY-NEAR Murphy Tower Service LLC 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Mills (Avon) 94 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wyckoff Heating & Cooling 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sandstone Management, LTD 70 FTE
NAT-TCR 4054-ABS-0017-0016-03489 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03487 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Specialty Construction Systems LTD 8.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 337170-Ridgewood Po 8.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4795-PD-FLG-FLAGSTAFF-FLG-PDMT 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Leesburg Al 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kyshp - Shepardsville 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Salem - Commerce St 32 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.