Erosion control engineering services · Iowa

Absolute Group - Erosion Division

Granger, IA · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Absolute Group - Erosion Division runs at 1246% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Erosion control engineering services workplace, earning a grade F.

Absolute Group - Erosion Division: 6.2 TCR = 1246% of Erosion control engineering services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Absolute Group - Erosion Division safety composite

Absolute Group - Erosion Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−7.4

2023→2024

Absolute Group - Erosion Division injury rate improved

Absolute Group - Erosion Division's TCR fell 7.4 from 9.9 in 2023 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=9.9 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541330 · Granger, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 1246% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #8/10
  • PHOTO BEI Engineering Grou…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BEI Engineering Group, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Absolute Group - Erosion Division in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Absolute Group - Erosion Division averages 6.2 TCR (1246% of the Erosion control engineering services BLS benchmark).

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

Absolute Group - Erosion Division TCR series: 2023=9.9 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 0.5

Where Absolute Group - Erosion Division falls in its industry

690 Erosion control engineering se establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 10 Erosion control engineering se employers in Iowa.

Absolute Group - Erosion Division (65 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 0.9 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Absolute Group - Erosion Division
Absolute Group - Erosion Division (65 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 112 employees and a TCR of 0.9

Absolute Group - Erosion Division has fewer employees than the Erosion control engineering services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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
2024 2.5 2.5 1 1 0
2023 9.9 9.9 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541330 · IA · Granger

690 Erosion control engineering services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Granger, 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 BEI Engineering Group, Inc 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR North Austin 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SODEXO AT NEBRASKA MEDICINE- BELLEVUE- E 6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Port Hueneme 6.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE PDA Duane Arnold 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dubuque Operating Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest and Associate Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids, IA/Quad Cities HVAC 65 FTE
CITY-NEAR Absolute Group - Concrete Division 109 FTE
CITY-NEAR Holdco Granger 90 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pinacial Health CAre 56 FTE
CITY-NEAR Castle Logistics LLC 55 FTE
NAT-TCR Piedmont Columbus Northside Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lyons & Hohl Site Contractors 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden State Harvesting, Inc. 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Denali Ingredients Calhoun 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Avantara Redfield 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hiawatha Valley Education District 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oakmont of Camarillo 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Spares Inc 65 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.