Discount Department Stores · Iowa
0086 - Dubuque
Dubuque, IA · ~181 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
0086 - Dubuque runs at 224% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade F.
0086 - Dubuque: 7.6 TCR = 224% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
0086 - Dubuque safety composite
0086 - Dubuque scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 20%), 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).
32/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.2 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
0086 - Dubuque: 3.7 → 5.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 11.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.42× in 2024
0086 - Dubuque's TCR rose 1.7 from 3.7 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452112 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 224% of ind
- DART 3.2 DART
- RANK #56/62
- PHOTO 0909 - Ahwatukee
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~181 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 0909 - Ahwatukee (0.0 TCR gap)
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0086 - Dubuque in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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0086 - Dubuque
7.6 TCR
- 0909 - Ahwatuk
0909 - Ahwatukee
7.6 TCR
- 1274 - Daphne
1274 - Daphne
7.6 TCR
- 0222 - Puente
0222 - Puente Hills
7.6 TCR
- 0617 - Boise
0617 - Boise
7.6 TCR
What this shows 0086 - Dubuque averages 7.6 TCR (224% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).
0086 - Dubuque TCR series: 2019=3.7 · 2021=11.9 · 2022=8 · 2023=9.1 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.4
Where 0086 - Dubuque falls in its industry
4,991 Discount Department Stores establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #56 safest of 62 Discount Department Stores employers in Iowa.
0086 - Dubuque has more employees than the Discount Department Stores 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 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452112 · IA · Dubuque
4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 | 0909 - Ahwatukee | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1274 - Daphne | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0222 - Puente Hills | 7.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0617 - Boise | 7.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Climate Engineers | 181 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | B G Brecke Inc | 181 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, Inc. | 181 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | UnityPoint Health-Trinity Muscatine | 181 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John Deere Dubuque Works | 2,518 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE | 1,296 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Dubuque | 1,285 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc | 1,110 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0909 - Ahwatukee | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1274 - Daphne | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mount Saint Vincent | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Jarvis Metals Recycling Inc. | 7.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 0082 - Waukesha | 181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0259 - Aliso Viejo | 181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0839 - Batavia | 181 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 0849 - El Paso Central | 181 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.