Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing · Iowa

Ray-Man, Inc.

Keota, IA · ~19 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ray-Man, Inc. runs at 605% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Ray-Man, Inc.: 20.0 TCR = 605% of Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ray-Man, Inc. safety composite

Ray-Man, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 19.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−17.0

2017→2024

Ray-Man, Inc. injury rate improved

Ray-Man, Inc.'s TCR fell 17.0 from 39.7 in 2017 to 22.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 39.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=39.7 · 2018=26.1 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=21.4 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=22.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333111 · Keota, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 20.0 · 605% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #65/65
  • PHOTO Merritt Mechanical F…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 30 inj
  • SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Merritt Mechanical Fabricators LLC (0.5 TCR gap)

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Ray-Man, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ray-Man, Inc. averages 20.0 TCR (605% of the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Ray-Man, Inc. TCR series: 2017=39.7 · 2018=26.1 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=16.4 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=21.4 · 2023=16.8 · 2024=22.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Ray-Man, Inc. falls in its industry

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 65 Fertilizing machinery, farm-ty employers in Iowa.

Ray-Man, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 20.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 05001,0001,5002,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Ray-Man, Inc.
Ray-Man, Inc. (19 employees, TCR 20.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Ray-Man, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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
2024 22.7 5.7 4 0 0
2023 16.8 5.6 3 0 0
2022 21.4 10.7 4 0 0
2021 11.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 16.4 10.9 3 0 0
2019 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2018 26.1 10.4 5 0 0
2017 39.7 5.0 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333111 · IA · Keota

433 Fertilizing machinery, farm-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Merritt Mechanical Fabricators LLC 20.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Moveero Estherville Iowa 19.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR WELDCRAFT INDUSTRIES 19.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LINN POST & PIPE INC 19.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Creston #1) 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH15 Soybean Growth Chamber Building 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power Cooperative 19 FTE
STATE-SIZE main 19 FTE
CITY-NEAR VITTETOE, INC. 36 FTE
NAT-TCR San Bruno 20.0 TCR
NAT-TCR The Retreat at Jasper 20.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab 20.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AD Hawk 20.0 TCR

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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 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.