Wall Board and Mine · Iowa

US Gypsum Sperry

Mediapolis, IA · ~211 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

US Gypsum Sperry runs at 40% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Wall Board and Mine workplace, earning a grade A.

US Gypsum Sperry: 1.3 TCR = 40% of Wall Board and Mine BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

US Gypsum Sperry safety composite

US Gypsum Sperry scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.86 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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%).

US Gypsum Sperry held a steady TCR band

US Gypsum Sperry's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.4 in 2017 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.66× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=1.4 · 2018=1.0 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 327420 · Mediapolis, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.3 · 40% of ind

  • DART 0.9 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO Tucker Plant
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Tucker Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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US Gypsum Sperry in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows US Gypsum Sperry averages 1.3 TCR (40% of the Wall Board and Mine BLS benchmark).

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

US Gypsum Sperry TCR series: 2017=1.4 · 2018=1 · 2019=1.4 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.5 · 2022=1.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.3

Where US Gypsum Sperry falls in its industry

123 Wall Board and Mine establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Wall Board and Mine employers in Iowa.

US Gypsum Sperry (211 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 050100150200250300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate US Gypsum Sperry
US Gypsum Sperry (211 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 2.3

US Gypsum Sperry has more employees than the Wall Board and Mine median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 1.3 0.9 3 0 0
2023 0.9 0.0 2 0 0
2022 1.6 0.0 4 0 0
2021 0.5 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.4 1.4 4 1 0
2019 1.4 0.5 2 1 0
2018 1.0 0.0 0 2 0
2017 1.4 0.5 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

327420 · IA · Mediapolis

123 Wall Board and Mine employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Mediapolis, 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 Tucker Plant 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Gypsum 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Gypsum Company LLC - Duke Plant 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Gypsum Norfolk 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Water Works 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0408 - Windows-Customer Care 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE Discovery Living, Inc. 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJ Bio America 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Afinitas- Mediapolis, Iowa Location 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, Inc. 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Azria Health Prairie Ridge 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Myers Construction 26 FTE
NAT-TCR Meriden Mfg Inc 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Detroit 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The HMC Group Marketing, INC 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Bethlehem Terminal 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE OKC - Star Center Tube 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE IAH1316 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amcan Beverages 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advanced Filtration Systems Inc 211 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.