Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing · Iowa

Sheldon Facility

Sheldon, IA · ~307 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sheldon Facility runs at 242% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Sheldon Facility: 8.0 TCR = 242% of Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sheldon Facility safety composite

Sheldon Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

Sheldon Facility injury rate improved

Sheldon Facility's TCR fell 2.2 from 9.2 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 12.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.2 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333995 · Sheldon, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 242% of ind

  • DART 3.4 DART
  • RANK #4/7
  • PHOTO Great Bend Industries
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 229 inj
  • SIZE ~307 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Great Bend Industries (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sheldon Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Sheldon Facility averages 8.0 TCR (242% of the Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Sheldon Facility TCR series: 2016=9.2 · 2017=12.8 · 2018=9.5 · 2019=7.9 · 2020=5.9 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=4.7 · 2023=8.3 · 2024=7 · BLS 3.3

Where Sheldon Facility falls in its industry

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid pow establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid pow employers in Iowa.

Sheldon Facility (307 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sheldon Facility
Sheldon Facility (307 employees, TCR 8.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Sheldon Facility has more employees than the Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 7.0 3.4 20 1 0
2023 8.3 4.8 26 0 0
2022 4.7 1.9 17 0 0
2021 6.5 1.8 22 0 0
2020 5.9 2.6 18 0 0
2019 7.9 5.1 28 0 0
2018 9.5 6.2 32 0 0
2017 12.8 7.4 40 0 0
2016 9.2 7.8 26 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333995 · IA · Sheldon

137 Hydraulic cylinders, fluid power, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Sheldon, 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 Great Bend Industries 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Best Metal Products 8.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hader Industries, Inc 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borghi USA 8.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pure Fishing - Spirit Lake 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE 797 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mom's Meals Logistics 307 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grocery-Cherokee 307 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Wyk, Inc. 251 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheldon Medical Center 219 FTE
CITY-NEAR IA,SHELDON - Campus - General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 188 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maintainer Corporation of Iowa 166 FTE
NAT-TCR Embassy Powdered Metals, Inc. 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Warminster Store 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Primeburger #816 Venetian 8.0 TCR
NAT-TCR W Scottsdale 8.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE W&W-AFCO Steel - Oklahoma City 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant Four 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westminster Manor 307 FTE
NAT-SIZE Inteva Products 307 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.