Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) · Iowa

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer

Spencer, IA · ~79 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer runs at 164% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) workplace, earning a grade D.

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer: 5.6 TCR = 164% of Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer safety composite

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−4.5

2016→2024

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer injury rate improved

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer's TCR fell 4.5 from 10.5 in 2016 to 6.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.5 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 164% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #8/17
  • PHOTO Vaden Distribution C…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 39 inj
  • SIZE ~79 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Vaden Distribution Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer averages 5.6 TCR (164% of the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS benchmark).

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

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer TCR series: 2016=10.5 · 2017=6.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.3 · 2020=5.4 · 2021=2.6 · 2022=5.6 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6 · BLS 3.4

Where Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer falls in its industry

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 17 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta employers in Iowa.

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer (79 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer
Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer (79 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Vander Haag's Inc. - Spencer has more employees than the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 6.0 3.0 6 0 0
2023 4.5 2.3 4 0 0
2022 5.6 1.1 5 0 0
2021 2.6 0.0 2 0 0
2020 5.4 1.3 4 0 0
2019 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2018 4.3 4.3 3 0 0
2017 6.9 6.9 4 1 0
2016 10.5 5.3 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · IA · Spencer

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, 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 Vaden Distribution Center 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 000256-RICHMOND VA 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Store 6520 - Marietta 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 622 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Stuart Egg Farm 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE Beal Derkenne Construction LLC 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Erectors Inc. 79 FTE
STATE-SIZE ABC Electrical Services LLC 79 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnold Motor Supply 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Hospital 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Municipal Hospital 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2714 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Modern Poured Walls, INC 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR AmeriGas - Arlington, TX 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR MTG - Republic 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Crown Lift Trucks Orlando 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE BRADFORD 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kalkaska Screw Products Inc. 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE East Village Place 79 FTE
NAT-SIZE Van Dyken Mechanical 79 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.