Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown

Marshalltown, IA · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.7
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown runs at 111% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown: 3.7 TCR = 111% of Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown safety composite

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown: 5.0 → 8.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 8.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.21× in 2021

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown's TCR rose 3.9 from 5.0 in 2016 to 8.9 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333415 · Marshalltown, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 111% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO CanFab
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CanFab (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown averages 3.7 TCR (111% of the Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown TCR series: 2016=5 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=8.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown falls in its industry

461 Refrigeration units, truck-typ establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

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 8 Refrigeration units, truck-typ employers in Iowa.

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown (21 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 164 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown
Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown (21 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 164 employees and a TCR of 2.8

Preferred Cartage Service Inc JNS Marshalltown has fewer employees than the Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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
2021 8.9 4.4 2 0 0
2020 4.5 4.5 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 5.0 0.0 0 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333415 · IA · Marshalltown

461 Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 67 employers in Marshalltown, 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 CanFab 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR AAON, Inc. 3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greenheck Fan Corporation 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR VTS America 3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Swift Pork Company 2,350 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS Marshalltown 2,231 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa Veterans Home 1,067 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lennox Residential Marshalltown 755 FTE
NAT-TCR Shenandoah Valley SHE 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Brothers Marketplace - Cambridge 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lakefront Nursing and Rehab 3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbiana Health and Rehab LLC 3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Morsco Supply Co. #1049 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Entergy - Transportation Shop 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE RM-RBA Fort Lauderdale 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Philippi 21 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, 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.