Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing · Iowa

Sergeant Bluff Plant

Sergeant Bluff, IA · ~61 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sergeant Bluff Plant runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Sergeant Bluff Plant: 3.8 TCR = 115% of Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sergeant Bluff Plant safety composite

Sergeant Bluff Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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

−7.0

2019→2024

Sergeant Bluff Plant injury rate improved

Sergeant Bluff Plant's TCR fell 7.0 from 8.9 in 2019 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.9 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327120 · Sergeant Bluff, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 115% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/5
  • PHOTO Vesuvius USA Tyler
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~61 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vesuvius USA Tyler (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sergeant Bluff Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sergeant Bluff Plant averages 3.8 TCR (115% of the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sergeant Bluff Plant TCR series: 2019=8.9 · 2020=6.7 · 2021=3.7 · 2022=0 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Sergeant Bluff Plant falls in its industry

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Bricks, clay refractory, manuf employers in Iowa.

Sergeant Bluff Plant (61 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Sergeant Bluff Plant
Sergeant Bluff Plant (61 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 57 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Sergeant Bluff Plant has more employees than the Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 1.9 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.7 3.7 2 0 0
2020 6.7 6.7 4 0 0
2019 8.9 8.9 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327120 · IA · Sergeant Bluff

307 Bricks, clay refractory, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Sergeant Bluff, 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 Vesuvius USA Tyler 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Adel Plant 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Minteq International, Slippery Rock, PA 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Texas Clay Plants 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Slater P&S 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Humboldt Headquarters 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Council Bluffs Service Center 61 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sande Construction 61 FTE
CITY-NEAR Port Neal 277 FTE
CITY-NEAR GELITA USA Sioux City 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sioux City Neal North 91 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 014 SERGEANT BLUFF 87 FTE
NAT-TCR Cook Paving & Construction Co., Inc. 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Zion Park District 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 0695 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1107 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bel Air Subaru 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Goodmark Nurseries LLC 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Village of Hodgkins 61 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbors at Fairlawn 61 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.