Urinals, metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc

Cherokee,, IA · ~85 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Urinals, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc: 9.6 TCR = 289% of Urinals, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc safety composite

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−6.4

2022→2023

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc injury rate improved

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc's TCR fell 6.4 from 12.8 in 2022 to 6.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 12.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=12.8 · 2023=6.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332999 · Cherokee,, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 289% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO Liberty Safe
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 16 inj
  • SIZE ~85 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liberty Safe (0.0 TCR gap)

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Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc averages 9.6 TCR (289% of the Urinals, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc TCR series: 2022=12.8 · 2023=6.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc falls in its industry

827 Urinals, metal, manufacturing establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Urinals, metal, manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc (85 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5 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 0100200300400 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc
Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc (85 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Rj Thomas Mfg Co Inc has more employees than the Urinals, metal, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2023 6.4 3.8 5 0 0
2022 12.8 3.5 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · IA · Cherokee,

827 Urinals, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 Liberty Safe 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Simonsen Iron Works 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Germantown Tool and Machine 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Gregory Container, Inc. 9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc. -- Toledo SPSC 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4141_7899 85 FTE
STATE-SIZE Enterprise Products (Northern MAPL) 85 FTE
NAT-TCR Stop & Shop 100615 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR The Pines at Heartwood 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Auto Bolt Company 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Department of Public Works 9.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Villa Rosa Nursing and Rehab Center 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE CORE Construction Services, LLC 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Friends Health Care Association 85 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Service Center-1B 85 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.