Angle irons, metal, manufacturing · Iowa

Simonsen Iron Works

Name: Simonsen Iron Works Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Spencer, IA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Simonsen Iron Works runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Angle irons, metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Simonsen Iron Works: 9.5 TCR = 289% of Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Simonsen Iron Works safety composite

Simonsen Iron Works scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).

22/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−3.8

2016→2018

Simonsen Iron Works injury rate improved

Simonsen Iron Works's TCR fell 3.8 from 11.4 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 11.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=11.4 · 2018=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.5 · 289% of ind

DART 7.7 DART
RANK #13/18
PHOTO Liberty Safe
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Liberty Safe (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.5
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9.5
Germantown Too

9.5

What this shows Simonsen Iron Works averages 9.5 TCR (289% of the Angle irons, metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Simonsen Iron Works TCR series: 2016=11.4 · 2018=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Simonsen Iron Works falls in its industry

827 Angle irons, metal, manufactur establishments

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

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 18 Angle irons, metal, manufactur employers in Iowa.

Simonsen Iron Works (40 employees, TCR 9.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Simonsen Iron Works has fewer employees than the Angle irons, 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
2018	7.7	7.7	3	0	0
2016	11.4	2.9	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332999 · IA · Spencer

827 Angle irons, metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Liberty Safe	PAYSON, UT	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	RJ THOMAS MFG CO INC	CHEROKEE,, IA	9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Germantown Tool and Machine	HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA	9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Gregory Container, Inc.	FAYETTEVILLE, TN	9.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hill Farm	WASHINGTON	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Rapids Cogen	CEDAR RAPIDS	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative	POSTVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Access Energy Cooperative	MT. PLEASANT	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Arnold Motor Supply	Spencer	764 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Hospital	Spencer	516 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Spencer Municipal Hospital	Spencer	515 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 2714	Spencer	221 FTE
NAT-TCR	Penske : 3679-00 WaWa/Bridgeport, NJ	Logan Township, NJ	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cai Weld Sls	Greeley, CO	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Port Angeles (Wapor)	Port Angeles, WA	9.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Mid Florida Lakes	Leesburg, FL	9.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5265	Oklahoma City, OK	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	North Cobb Office & Operating - 1040 Lake Dr. Marietta	Atlanta, GA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5206	Albuquerque, NM	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	StormTrap, LLC	Morris, IL	40 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: 2018, 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.