Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing · Iowa

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield

Fairfield, IA · ~117 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield runs at 401% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield: 13.2 TCR = 401% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield safety composite

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.24 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield: 6.6 → 19.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 19.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.23× in 2022

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield's TCR rose 12.6 from 6.6 in 2016 to 19.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326199 · Fairfield, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 13.2 · 401% of ind

  • DART 16.3 DART
  • RANK #56/63
  • PHOTO Remcon Plastics
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 91 inj
  • SIZE ~117 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Remcon Plastics (0.0 TCR gap)

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TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield averages 13.2 TCR (401% of the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=14.3 · 2019=13.8 · 2021=18.2 · 2022=19.2 · BLS 3.3

Where TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield falls in its industry

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 63 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Iowa.

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield (117 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield
TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield (117 employees, TCR 13.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

TarfFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield has more employees than the Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 19.2 16.3 25 1 0
2021 18.2 14.4 22 2 0
2019 13.8 8.9 14 3 0
2018 14.3 9.5 15 0 0
2017 7.3 4.9 9 0 0
2016 6.6 4.7 6 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326199 · IA · Fairfield

2,838 Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 30 employers in Fairfield, 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 Remcon Plastics 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kracor Rotational Molders, A Division of Yamaha Marine Systems Company, Inc. 13.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enduraplas - Neche 13.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Latham Autocovers - Lindon, UT 13.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Michels Power Inc-IA-Marion 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE A.M. Cohron & Son, Inc. 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE Diamond Animal Health, Inc. 117 FTE
STATE-SIZE 201879 117 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eneric Petroleum Corp 711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maharishi International University (MIU) 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Health Center 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dexter Laundry Inc 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Westpark Springs Hospital 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-NAI-0032-0032-03405 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR 380094-Akr-Kenmore Sta 13.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Beverages Charleston 13.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tops #504 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Swanson Manufacturing Services 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tops #022 117 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ortho Clinical Diagnostics CNP 130 117 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: 2022, 2021, 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.