Rust removers manufacturing · Iowa

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation

Eldora, IA · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation runs at 213% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rust removers manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation: 7.0 TCR = 213% of Rust removers manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation safety composite

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation: 6.7 → 10.6 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 10.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.75× in 2020

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation's TCR rose 3.8 from 6.7 in 2018 to 10.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.75× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325612 · Eldora, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 213% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK P15
  • PHOTO Osborn Hamilton
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Osborn Hamilton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation averages 7.0 TCR (213% of the Rust removers manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=10.6 · BLS 3.3

Where Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation falls in its industry

143 Rust removers manufacturing establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation (28 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9 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 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation
Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation (28 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Whink Products a Division of Rust-Oleum Corporation has fewer employees than the Rust removers manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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
2020 10.6 5.3 1 1 0
2019 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2018 6.7 6.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325612 · IA · Eldora

143 Rust removers manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 9 employers in Eldora, 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 Osborn Hamilton 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MicroCare Medical 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mohawk Laboratories-Irving 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Diamond Wipes International 6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE IOWA ADMIN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pocahontas Warehouse 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE WCT Crystal Lake 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Council Bluff W Broadway (IA001) 28 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hardin County Courthouse 73 FTE
CITY-NEAR Winfield United - Eldora 42 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hardin Co - Eldora 37 FTE
CITY-NEAR Eldora Specialty Care 34 FTE
NAT-TCR Oceana Foods, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Multi Med Center 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Owenton Center 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR INI008 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Engineered Films Plant--Bldg 3E 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Beer-Northwest, Inc.-General Beer Northwoods 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Koppers Denver 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Branch Home Care 28 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.