Discount Department Stores · Iowa

2454 - Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, IA · ~191 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

2454 - Council Bluffs runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

2454 - Council Bluffs: 6.0 TCR = 177% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

2454 - Council Bluffs safety composite

2454 - Council Bluffs scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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

32/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.17 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−2.1

2019→2024

2454 - Council Bluffs injury rate improved

2454 - Council Bluffs's TCR fell 2.1 from 8.3 in 2019 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=8.3 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=3.0 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 177% of ind

  • DART 5.2 DART
  • RANK #46/62
  • PHOTO 1527 - Sacramento SW
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~191 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1527 - Sacramento SW (0.0 TCR gap)

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2454 - Council Bluffs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 2454 - Council Bluffs averages 6.0 TCR (177% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

2454 - Council Bluffs TCR series: 2019=8.3 · 2021=7.2 · 2022=5.5 · 2023=3 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 3.4

Where 2454 - Council Bluffs falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 33% 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 #46 safest of 62 Discount Department Stores employers in Iowa.

2454 - Council Bluffs (191 employees, TCR 6.0) 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 2454 - Council Bluffs
2454 - Council Bluffs (191 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

2454 - Council Bluffs 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 6.2 5.2 6 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
2022 5.5 3.7 3 3 0
2021 7.2 5.4 6 2 0
2019 8.3 7.2 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IA · Council Bluffs

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, 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 1527 - Sacramento SW 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1786 - Sugar Land 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2016 - North Olmsted 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 338 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Innovative Injection Technologies 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Red Oak 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Novelis ALR Aluminum LLC (Davenport Casting) 191 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spahn & Rose Lumber Company - Dubuque Store 191 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6183-61830022 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs IA 742 FTE
NAT-TCR 2016 - North Olmsted 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1786 - Sugar Land 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 1527 - Sacramento SW 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Petersburg VA 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE 2356 - Westwood Village 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2230 - Livonia 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2059 - Lee County 191 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2392 - Stafford Township 191 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.