Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) · Iowa
Absolute Concrete Construction
Slater, IA · ~102 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Absolute Concrete Construction runs at 286% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) workplace, earning a grade F.
Absolute Concrete Construction: 8.0 TCR = 286% of Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Absolute Concrete Construction safety composite
Absolute Concrete Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
21/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 9.99 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Absolute Concrete Construction: 4.6 → 12.2 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 13.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2022
Absolute Concrete Construction's TCR rose 7.6 from 4.6 in 2016 to 12.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 13.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Slater, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.0 · 286% of ind
- DART 10.0 DART
- RANK #83/111
- PHOTO Grundy County Engineer
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 47 inj
- SIZE ~102 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Grundy County Engineer (0.0 TCR gap)
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Absolute Concrete Construction in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Absolute Concrete Construction
8 TCR
- Grundy County
Grundy County Engineer
8 TCR
- United Terrain
United Terrain Group
8 TCR
- Public Works
Public Works
8 TCR
- D.G.M., Inc.
D.G.M., Inc.
8 TCR
What this shows Absolute Concrete Construction averages 8.0 TCR (286% of the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS benchmark).
Absolute Concrete Construction TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2018=6.1 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=9.8 · 2021=13.1 · 2022=12.2 · BLS 2.8
Where Absolute Concrete Construction falls in its industry
4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway establishmentsSafer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #83 safest of 111 Concrete paving (i.e., highway employers in Iowa.
Absolute Concrete Construction has more employees than the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, st median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.1 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Slater
4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Slater, 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 | Grundy County Engineer | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | United Terrain Group | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Public Works | 8.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | D.G.M., Inc. | 8.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Weitz Company - Shared Services Group | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Buresh Building Systems | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henningsen Const., Inc. | 102 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Edgewood Locker | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Slater R&D | 218 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IOWA PLAINS SIGNING INC | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Group - Residential Division | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caruth Construction Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 0772 - Vancouver Wa Whse | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Roses 521 | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tennova Lebanon | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Park Terrace Village | 8.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TMS Tuscaloosa | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dept. of Commerce, Community & Econmic Development (2) | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Speedway Construction Products Corporation | 102 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlanta West | 102 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.