Footing and foundation concrete contractors · Iowa
Absolute Group - Residential Division
Slater, IA · ~91 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Absolute Group - Residential Division runs at 408% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Footing and foundation concrete contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Absolute Group - Residential Division: 11.4 TCR = 408% of Footing and foundation concrete contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Absolute Group - Residential Division safety composite
Absolute Group - Residential Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).
17/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 11.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 8% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 12.56 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Absolute Group - Residential Division: 10.3 → 12.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 12.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.1× in 2024
Absolute Group - Residential Division's TCR rose 2.3 from 10.3 in 2023 to 12.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 238110 · Slater, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 408% of ind
- DART 12.6 DART
- RANK #26/32
- PHOTO Elite Concrete Const…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~91 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elite Concrete Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Absolute Group - Residential Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Heywood Builde
Heywood Builders Inc
11.5 TCR
- Madison Concre
Madison Concrete Construction - Penn First
11.5 TCR
- John Skotzke C
John Skotzke Concrete Construction, Inc.
11.5 TCR
- This site
Absolute Group - Residential Division
11.4 TCR
- Elite Concrete
Elite Concrete Construction, Inc.
11.4 TCR
What this shows Absolute Group - Residential Division averages 11.4 TCR (408% of the Footing and foundation concrete contractors BLS benchmark).
Absolute Group - Residential Division TCR series: 2023=10.3 · 2024=12.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Absolute Group - Residential Division falls in its industry
1,314 Footing and foundation concret establishmentsSafer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 32 Footing and foundation concret employers in Iowa.
Absolute Group - Residential Division has more employees than the Footing and foundation concrete contract median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
238110 · IA · Slater
1,314 Footing and foundation concrete contractors 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 | Elite Concrete Construction, Inc. | 11.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Heywood Builders Inc | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Madison Concrete Construction - Penn First | 11.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | John Skotzke Concrete Construction, Inc. | 11.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Trans Ova Genetics LC | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux City Neal North | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Louisa Generating Station | 91 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Ames-West Operating | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Slater R&D | 218 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | IOWA PLAINS SIGNING INC | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Concrete Construction | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caruth Construction Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Anthony Timberlands, Inc. Malvern | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | PNE, Inc. dba IRD Glass | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | S05436 - WM Mercer County Transfer | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Baldwin Paving Co, Inc | 11.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Aiken | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Belmont Village Memphis | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Maricopa County - Human Resources (310) | 91 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ABSL Power Solutions, Inc. | 91 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.