Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing · Iowa

TSTI Newton 1550

Newton, IA · ~226 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TSTI Newton 1550 runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

TSTI Newton 1550: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TSTI Newton 1550 safety composite

TSTI Newton 1550 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2016→2018

TSTI Newton 1550 injury rate improved

TSTI Newton 1550's TCR fell 1.9 from 2.9 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332420 · Newton, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

  • DART 0.5 DART
  • RANK #2/5
  • PHOTO Baron Blakeslee SFC …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~226 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Baron Blakeslee SFC Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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TSTI Newton 1550 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TSTI Newton 1550 averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

TSTI Newton 1550 TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=1 · BLS 3.3

Where TSTI Newton 1550 falls in its industry

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 5 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal employers in Iowa.

TSTI Newton 1550 (226 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate TSTI Newton 1550
TSTI Newton 1550 (226 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 3.6

TSTI Newton 1550 has more employees than the Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufact median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2018 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
2017 1.1 0.4 3 0 0
2016 2.9 0.3 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332420 · IA · Newton

355 Water tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 55 employers in Newton, 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 Baron Blakeslee SFC Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR De Dietrich Process Systems, Inc 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Tank & Construction Co., Inc. 1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brumley Manufacturing 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Council Bluffs Prepared 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sudenga Industries Inc 226 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH33 Reid 226 FTE
CITY-NEAR TPI Composites LLC IA 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newton Correctional Facility 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progress Industries 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 748 229 FTE
NAT-TCR Altru Yorhom South Campus 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield 4394 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Asplundh Tree Expert LLC.- 657 1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 38-42-Elk Grove 1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Joy Global Underground LLC - Duffield 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supervalu Distribution Center - Fort Wayne 31111 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE GPI 226 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Miguel Covenant Village 226 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.