Discount Department Stores · Iowa

0878 - Fort Dodge

Fort Dodge, IA · ~150 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0878 - Fort Dodge runs at 140% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

0878 - Fort Dodge: 4.8 TCR = 140% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0878 - Fort Dodge safety composite

0878 - Fort Dodge scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.77 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−4.3

2019→2024

0878 - Fort Dodge injury rate improved

0878 - Fort Dodge's TCR fell 4.3 from 4.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.3 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Fort Dodge, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 140% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/62
  • PHOTO 1485 - Santee
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~150 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1485 - Santee (0.0 TCR gap)

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0878 - Fort Dodge in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0878 - Fort Dodge averages 4.8 TCR (140% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

0878 - Fort Dodge TCR series: 2019=4.3 · 2021=6.5 · 2022=13.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 0878 - Fort Dodge falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 46% 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 #35 safest of 62 Discount Department Stores employers in Iowa.

0878 - Fort Dodge (150 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 0878 - Fort Dodge
0878 - Fort Dodge (150 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

0878 - Fort Dodge 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 13.1 10.5 3 7 0
2021 6.5 1.3 1 4 0
2019 4.3 2.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IA · Fort Dodge

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 1485 - Santee 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1767 - Ankeny 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2065 - Wellington South 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1404 - Smithfield 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Portzen Construction Inc. 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE DUBUQUE IA PLANT 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Printer Inc 150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Mechdyne Corporation 150 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Terminal 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Correctional Facility 452 FTE
NAT-TCR 1485 - Santee 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer Logistics Warehouse 18 5121 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 2065 - Wellington South 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1404 - Smithfield 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0993 - Copperfield 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1059 - Nashville East 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1104 - Garner 150 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1226 - Jacksonville 150 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, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.