Mini-mills, steel · Iowa
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America)
Muscatine, IA · ~466 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 1.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Mini-mills, steel workplace, earning a grade A.
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America): 1.3 TCR = 40% of Mini-mills, steel BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) safety composite
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
69/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 72% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−0.6
2021→2022
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) injury rate improved
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America)'s TCR fell 0.6 from 1.6 in 2021 to 1.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=1.6 · 2022=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 331110 · Muscatine, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind
- DART 0.2 DART
- RANK #2/10
- PHOTO Coshocton Works
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~466 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coshocton Works (0.0 TCR gap)
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SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America)
1.3 TCR
- Coshocton Work
Coshocton Works
1.3 TCR
- Nucor Steel So
Nucor Steel South Carolina (Darlington)
1.3 TCR
- PCP-Fontana
PCP-Fontana
1.3 TCR
- NLMK Pennsylva
NLMK Pennsylvania
1.3 TCR
What this shows SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Mini-mills, steel BLS benchmark).
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) TCR series: 2021=1.6 · 2022=1 · BLS 3.3
Where SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) falls in its industry
416 Mini-mills, steel establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 10 Mini-mills, steel employers in Iowa.
SSAB Iowa (SSAB North America) has more employees than the Mini-mills, steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.7. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
331110 · IA · Muscatine
416 Mini-mills, steel employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 79 employers in Muscatine, 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 | Coshocton Works | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nucor Steel South Carolina (Darlington) | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PCP-Fontana | 1.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NLMK Pennsylvania | 1.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dee Zee Broadway | 465 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ames Main | 465 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muscatine, IA | 464 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waverly Health Center | 468 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Highway 61 | 982 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HON Company Administration | 522 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SSAB Iowa Inc. | 469 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | GPC - Muscatine | 453 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | BWAY Corporation - LaGrange Plant | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Isaac Holdings, Inc. | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc. / Ridgefield Office | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KASAI NORTH AMERICA - Prattville | 1.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital | 466 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 8807766-Sams DFW3/6845 | 466 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mental Health Resource Center | 466 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Technimark LLC - Plant 5 | 466 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.