Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Rada Mfg. Co.

Waverly, IA · ~97 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.5
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rada Mfg. Co. runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Rada Mfg. Co.: 9.5 TCR = 289% of Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rada Mfg. Co. safety composite

Rada Mfg. Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.2

2017→2018

Rada Mfg. Co. injury rate improved

Rada Mfg. Co.'s TCR fell 1.2 from 10.1 in 2017 to 9.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 10.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=10.1 · 2018=9.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332215 · Waverly, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 289% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK P12
  • PHOTO Microtech Knives - 3…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~97 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Microtech Knives - 300 Chestnut Street (0.4 TCR gap)

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Rada Mfg. Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rada Mfg. Co. averages 9.5 TCR (289% of the Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rada Mfg. Co. TCR series: 2017=10.1 · 2018=9 · BLS 3.3

Where Rada Mfg. Co. falls in its industry

52 Cutlery, nonprecious and preci establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Rada Mfg. Co. (97 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Rada Mfg. Co.
Rada Mfg. Co. (97 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 86 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Rada Mfg. Co. has more employees than the Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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
2018 9.0 3.4 3 5 0
2017 10.1 9.0 4 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332215 · IA · Waverly

52 Cutlery, nonprecious and precious plated metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Waverly, 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 Microtech Knives - 300 Chestnut Street 9.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AccuTec, Inc. 10.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Microtech Knives - 321 Fanning Fields 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dexter Russell Southbridge 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Two Rivers Electric 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Croell Concrete Paving Crews 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE 24 - Mason City 97 FTE
STATE-SIZE Chariton - Main Store 97 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waverly Store 496 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waverly Health Center 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1005 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle USA Waverly Iowa 236 FTE
NAT-TCR Mid Florida Lakes 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Hawthorn Detroit Farmington Hills 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 3679-00 WaWa/Bridgeport, NJ 9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Dollywood Cabins 9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Marriott Pleasanton 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Stevens Van Lines - HQ 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Community Housing Network, Inc. 97 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountain View Nursing & Rehab 97 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: 2018, 2017. 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.