Machine shops · Iowa

TDS Automation, Inc.

Waverly, IA · ~52 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TDS Automation, Inc. runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Machine shops workplace, earning a grade D.

TDS Automation, Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 140% of Machine shops BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TDS Automation, Inc. safety composite

TDS Automation, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.62 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

2020→2024

TDS Automation, Inc. injury rate improved

TDS Automation, Inc.'s TCR fell 7.0 from 9.3 in 2020 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 9.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=9.3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332710 · Waverly, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/30
  • PHOTO Port City Racing, Inc
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Port City Racing, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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TDS Automation, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TDS Automation, Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (140% of the Machine shops BLS benchmark).

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

TDS Automation, Inc. TCR series: 2020=9.3 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.3

Where TDS Automation, Inc. falls in its industry

1,821 Machine shops establishments

Safer than 37% 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 #12 safest of 30 Machine shops employers in Iowa.

TDS Automation, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate TDS Automation, Inc.
TDS Automation, Inc. (52 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

TDS Automation, Inc. has more employees than the Machine shops 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
2024 2.3 0.0 1 0 0
2023 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2020 9.3 3.1 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332710 · IA · Waverly

1,821 Machine shops employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Waverly, 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 Port City Racing, Inc 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTHWEST MACHINING & MFG., INC. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tran-Tec LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Falls City Machine Technology 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waverly Store 496 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waverly Health Center 468 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1005 261 FTE
CITY-NEAR Nestle USA Waverly Iowa 236 FTE
NAT-TCR Dallas Texas 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Champion Container Corporation 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Chateau of Batesville 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Conch Tour Train Inc 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Brookdale Arvada 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE McKay's Market Bandon #4 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Toscana Corporation 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Waste Industries New Bern 52 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, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.