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

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield

Fairfield, IA · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield runs at 419% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield: 13.8 TCR = 419% of Drums, plastics (i.e., containers), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield safety composite

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

−7.5

2023→2024

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield injury rate improved

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield's TCR fell 7.5 from 17.6 in 2023 to 10.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=17.6 · 2024=10.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 419% of ind

  • DART 9.2 DART
  • RANK #57/63
  • PHOTO Colonial Engineering…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Colonial Engineering Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield averages 13.8 TCR (419% 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

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield TCR series: 2023=17.6 · 2024=10.1 · BLS 3.3

Where TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield falls in its industry

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

Safer than 2% 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 #57 safest of 63 Drums, plastics (i.e., contain employers in Iowa.

TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield (119 employees, TCR 13.8) 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 TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield
TrafFix Devices, Inc. Fairfield (119 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 101 employees and a TCR of 3.5

TrafFix 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
2024 10.1 9.2 11 0 0
2023 17.6 12.3 20 0 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 Colonial Engineering Inc. 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dutchland - NY 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Granger Plastics Company 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR D&W Fine Pack 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Service Center 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Grinnell Kitchen 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper Waterloo Container 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE UFP Technologies, Iowa 119 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 Casella Recycling - Lewiston 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Lakes of Monclova 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Valu Home Center #38 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Oregon State Hospital-Junction City Campus 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE The Malish Corporation 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Afton Chemical Corporation - Houston, TX 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Five Star Sheets, LLC. 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Med Apparel Services NJ 119 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. 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.