Iron foundries · Iowa

Seneca Foundry, Inc.

Webster City, IA · ~48 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
25.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Seneca Foundry, Inc. runs at 777% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Iron foundries workplace, earning a grade F.

Seneca Foundry, Inc.: 25.6 TCR = 777% of Iron foundries BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Seneca Foundry, Inc. safety composite

Seneca Foundry, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 25.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 10.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.5

2016→2024

Seneca Foundry, Inc. injury rate improved

Seneca Foundry, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.5 from 27.9 in 2016 to 23.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 38.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=27.9 · 2017=38.1 · 2018=29.0 · 2019=28.9 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=24.1 · 2022=20.8 · 2023=23.1 · 2024=23.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331511 · Webster City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 25.6 · 777% of ind

  • DART 10.8 DART
  • RANK #14/14
  • PHOTO Mount Joy Foundry
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 114 inj
  • SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mount Joy Foundry (0.7 TCR gap)

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Seneca Foundry, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Seneca Foundry, Inc. averages 25.6 TCR (777% of the Iron foundries BLS benchmark).

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

Seneca Foundry, Inc. TCR series: 2016=27.9 · 2017=38.1 · 2018=29 · 2019=28.9 · 2020=15.4 · 2021=24.1 · 2022=20.8 · 2023=23.1 · 2024=23.4 · BLS 3.3

Where Seneca Foundry, Inc. falls in its industry

272 Iron foundries establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

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 14 Iron foundries employers in Iowa.

Seneca Foundry, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 25.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2 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 0200400600 051015202530 Average employees Total Case Rate Seneca Foundry, Inc.
Seneca Foundry, Inc. (48 employees, TCR 25.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Seneca Foundry, Inc. has fewer employees than the Iron foundries median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. 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 23.4 10.8 12 1 0
2023 23.1 10.7 13 0 0
2022 20.8 4.8 13 0 0
2021 24.1 16.7 13 0 0
2020 15.4 8.8 7 0 0
2019 28.9 12.0 12 0 0
2018 29.0 8.9 13 0 0
2017 38.1 10.6 18 0 0
2016 27.9 4.3 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331511 · IA · Webster City

272 Iron foundries employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 23 employers in Webster City, 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 Mount Joy Foundry 26.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCNG LLC 24.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Taylor & Fenn Company 24.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Salisbury Foundry and Machine Co., Inc. 23.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE J&J Cattle Co 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMVC Management Services 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Water Administration Building 48 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greiner Buildings, Inc. 48 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Diest Supply Company Main Campus 607 FTE
CITY-NEAR VDSCWC 584 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Ann's Specialty Foods 301 FTE
CITY-NEAR Vantec Inc. Webster City 175 FTE
NAT-TCR Yavapai Plumbing & Heating 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR American House - Stuart Lodge 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR NW Metro 25.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Los Angeles Police Department, Mission Division 25.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gibson Products Inc 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Haddad Subaru 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cape Cod Insulation, Inc. 48 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Oakwood 48 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.