Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa

Chariton, IA · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.7
Avg TCR
5.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa runs at 216% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa: 11.7 TCR = 216% of Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing BLS 5.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa safety composite

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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

2020→2024

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa injury rate improved

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa's TCR fell 3.5 from 15.2 in 2020 to 11.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.67× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=15.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=18.0 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=11.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336360 · Chariton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 216% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK P2
  • PHOTO TBAKI USA
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 37 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TBAKI USA (0.3 TCR gap)

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Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa averages 11.7 TCR (216% of the Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa TCR series: 2020=15.2 · 2021=6.7 · 2022=18 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=11.7 · BLS 5.4

Where Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa falls in its industry

384 Automobile seat frames, metal, establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa (63 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa
Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa (63 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 245 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Seats Incorporated Chariton Iowa has fewer employees than the Automobile seat frames, metal, manufactu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 11.7 7.8 6 0 0
2023 6.8 5.1 4 0 0
2022 18.0 16.5 12 0 0
2021 6.7 6.7 5 0 0
2020 15.2 6.1 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336360 · IA · Chariton

384 Automobile seat frames, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 18 employers in Chariton, 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 TBAKI USA 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR IMA - Highland Park 12.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nissen Chemitec America Inc 10.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lorain County Automotive System Lorain 10.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cherokee-US-Production 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Iowa, LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keen Project Solutions 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grocery-Chariton 361 FTE
CITY-NEAR Truck-Chariton 338 FTE
CITY-NEAR Produce-Chariton 242 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lucas County Health Center 206 FTE
NAT-TCR D & M Chem, Inc. 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0199 - Manhattan Beach 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Steeltech Reinforcing, Inc. 11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Village of New Lenox 11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE SMM Group Fairless Shredder 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Botanical Garden 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Burrow Global Construction, LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ultra - Campanelli Drive 63 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.