Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Iowa
Absolute Group - Utility Division
Granger, IA · ~36 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 5.7
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Absolute Group - Utility Division runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Absolute Group - Utility Division: 5.7 TCR = 205% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Absolute Group - Utility Division safety composite
Absolute Group - Utility Division scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% 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).
23/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.73 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.6 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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 - Utility Division: 2.9 → 8.6 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 8.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.5× in 2024
Absolute Group - Utility Division's TCR rose 5.7 from 2.9 in 2023 to 8.6 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Granger, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 5.7 · 205% of ind
- DART 8.6 DART
- RANK #14/32
- PHOTO Osborne Utility Cons…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Osborne Utility Construction LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Absolute Group - Utility Division in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Krapff Reynold
Krapff Reynolds Construction
5.8 TCR
- This site
Absolute Group - Utility Division
5.7 TCR
- Osborne Utilit
Osborne Utility Construction LLC
5.7 TCR
- City of Madiso
City of Madisonville - Wastewater Collection
5.7 TCR
- Kana
Kana
5.7 TCR
What this shows Absolute Group - Utility Division averages 5.7 TCR (205% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).
Absolute Group - Utility Division TCR series: 2023=2.9 · 2024=8.6 · BLS 2.8
Where Absolute Group - Utility Division falls in its industry
1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishmentsSafer than 20% 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 #14 safest of 32 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Iowa.
Absolute Group - Utility Division has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · IA · Granger
1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction 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 | Osborne Utility Construction LLC | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Madisonville - Wastewater Collection | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kana | 5.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Krapff Reynolds Construction | 5.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Algona Municipal Utilities | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waterloo Water Works | 36 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Group - Concrete Division | 109 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Holdco Granger | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Group - Erosion Division | 65 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Pinacial Health CAre | 56 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Producers Livestock Marketing Association - Greeley Branch | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gallagher of Port Jefferson | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Oakland CA FXFE-OAK | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Big E's Supermarket | 5.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Jenkins & Stiles, LLC | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kittery | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Calumet Dickinson Refining | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Larson Oakwood Business Park, LLC | 36 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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