Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Iowa

Absolute Infrastructure

Name: Absolute Infrastructure Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grimes, IA · ~46 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Absolute Infrastructure runs at 231% 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 Infrastructure: 6.5 TCR = 231% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Absolute Infrastructure safety composite

Absolute Infrastructure scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 4%), 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 6.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers
DART rate: F 9.11 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% 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 Infrastructure: 2.3 → 12.2 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.41× in 2021

Absolute Infrastructure's TCR rose 9.8 from 2.3 in 2019 to 12.2 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 231% of ind

DART 9.1 DART
RANK #19/32
PHOTO City of Concord Wate…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Concord Water Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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D'Arcy & Harty

6.5
White House Ut

6.5
Copenhaver Con

6.5

What this shows Absolute Infrastructure averages 6.5 TCR (231% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

Absolute Infrastructure TCR series: 2019=2.3 · 2020=5 · 2021=12.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Absolute Infrastructure falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 32 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Iowa.

Absolute Infrastructure (46 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Absolute Infrastructure 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
2021	12.2	9.1	4
2020	5.0	2.5	2
2019	2.3	2.3	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IA · Grimes

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 · 65 employers in Grimes, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	City of Concord Water Services	CONCORD, NC	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	D'Arcy & Harty Construction, Inc	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	White House Utility District of Robertson and Sumner Counties	WHITE HOUSE, TN	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Copenhaver Construction	GILBERTS, IL	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hickory Hill Farms	HOSPERS	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative	LE MARS	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Van Hessen USA Ottumwa	OTTUMWA	46 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ricklefs Excavating,Ltd.	ANAMOSA	46 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National Carwash Solutions	Grimes	698 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Office	Grimes	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grimes - Main Store	Grimes	359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5748	Grimes	315 FTE
NAT-TCR	Western Pacific Roofing Corp. of Palm Springs	Palm Springs, CA	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	OVB Holdings LLC	Huron, SD	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Strong Hold Products	Louisville, KY	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Metro Waterproofing, Inc.	Scottdale, GA	6.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lawrence Emergency Services	Lawrence, MA	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	2651 Faxon Ave	Memphis, TN	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	All American Title Co., Inc	Blaine, MN	46 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gardner-Connell	Franklin, MA	46 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: 2021, 2020, 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.