Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing · Iowa

Putco, Inc

Des Moines, IA · ~55 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.7
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Putco, Inc runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Putco, Inc: 1.7 TCR = 32% of Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Putco, Inc safety composite

Putco, Inc scores strongest on dart rate (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).

B

75/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% 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

2016→2020

Putco, Inc injury rate improved

Putco, Inc's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.5 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336390 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.7 · 32% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/13
  • PHOTO Tenneco JVL
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tenneco JVL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Putco, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Putco, Inc averages 1.7 TCR (32% of the Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Putco, Inc TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2018=1.7 · 2020=0 · BLS 5.4

Where Putco, Inc falls in its industry

772 Sunroofs and parts, automotive establishments

Safer than 77% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 13 Sunroofs and parts, automotive employers in Iowa.

Putco, Inc (55 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Putco, Inc
Putco, Inc (55 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 154 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Putco, Inc has fewer employees than the Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, a median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.5 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336390 · IA · Des Moines

772 Sunroofs and parts, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, 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 Tenneco JVL 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arvin Sango 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eagle Pass Distribution Center 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yankton Facility 1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakridge 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Altoona- Streets 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Traffic Control, Inc. 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR Wixon Inc 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Synata Bio 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Colevan Electric, Inc. 1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR PerfX Wireline Services, LLC 1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Acadian Millwork & Supply Co., Inc. 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Flight Line Ground Transportation Service 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Horizon Termite & Pest Control Corp 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Moorestown,NJ 55 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, 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.