Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing · Iowa

Tipton, IA

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Tipton, IA · ~20 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 7.5
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tipton, IA runs at 226% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Tipton, IA: 7.5 TCR = 226% of Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tipton, IA safety composite

Tipton, IA scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 7.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Tipton, IA: 5.3 → 9.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 9.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2023

Tipton, IA's TCR rose 4.4 from 5.3 in 2022 to 9.7 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Tipton, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 226% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #18/24
PHOTO Hurtt Fabricating Corp
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hurtt Fabricating Corp (0.0 TCR gap)

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7.5
Hurtt Fabricat

7.5
STS Steel, Inc

7.5
Zimmerman Meta

7.5
Main Office

7.5

What this shows Tipton, IA averages 7.5 TCR (226% of the Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Tipton, IA TCR series: 2022=5.3 · 2023=9.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Tipton, IA falls in its industry

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 24 Structural steel, fabricated, employers in Iowa.

Tipton, IA (20 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Tipton, IA has fewer employees than the Structural steel, fabricated, manufactur median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2023	9.7	0.0	2	0	0
2022	5.3	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IA · Tipton

1,491 Structural steel, fabricated, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 15 employers in Tipton, 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	Hurtt Fabricating Corp	MARCELINE, MO	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	STS Steel, Inc.	SCHENECTADY, NY	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Zimmerman Metals, Inc.	DENVER, CO	7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Main Office	MAPLETON, ND	7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Skyline Pork, LLC	INDEPENDENCE	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	J-Six Farms Iowa	CLEARFIELD	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Handlos Jacksonville	HARLAN	20 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Newell Pig II	BRAYTON	20 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Cedar County	Tipton	126 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CDS Global Tipton	Tipton	105 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 841	Tipton	79 FTE
CITY-NEAR	841	Tipton	70 FTE
NAT-TCR	P J Callaghan Construction	St Petersburg, FL	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	EHSD, AVSD, BUSD, HZSD - San Diego	San Diego, CA	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Staten Island U Hosp South	Staten Island, NY	7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	21U2	Richmond, VA	7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Waco, Tx - 842	Hewitt, TX	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grand Rapids, Mi - 159	Grand Rapids, MI	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BOE - Early Childhood	Waterbury, CT	20 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Electra	Electra, TX	20 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.