Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) · Iowa

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc.

Name: Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. Workplace Safety Data
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Riverside, IA · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.0
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. runs at 88% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) workplace, earning a grade C.

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 88% of Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. safety composite

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.8

2022→2023

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. injury rate improved

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc.'s TCR fell 2.8 from 5.4 in 2022 to 2.6 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=5.4 · 2023=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561730 · Riverside, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 88% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/24
PHOTO Westside
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Westside (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (88% of the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) BLS benchmark).

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. TCR series: 2022=5.4 · 2023=2.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. falls in its industry

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fert establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade C

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 24 Lawn care services (e.g., fert employers in Iowa.

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. (38 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Absolute Outdoor Services Inc. has fewer employees than the Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2023	2.6	0.0	1	0	0
2022	5.4	0.0	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561730 · IA · Riverside

2,875 Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Riverside, 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	Westside	HILLSBORO, OR	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5485 - Indianapolis West	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5798 - Sarasota	SARASOTA, FL	4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	5813 - Austin	ROUND ROCK, TX	4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2050-Clarion, IA	CLARION	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waukon Feed Ranch Agronomy Center	WAUKON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Ames - Electric Production	AMES	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rognes Corp	ANKENY	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Duwa's Quality Walls, Inc	Riverside	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Larry Yoder Masonry, Inc.	Riverside	20 FTE
NAT-TCR	Casey Chevrolet	Newport News, VA	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	M & M Coastal Manufacturing, Inc	Houston, TX	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	INX International Ink Co. (6800)	Edwardsville, KS	4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tatum Brothers Lumber Company, Inc.	Lawtey, FL	4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Trimco Millwork SLC	Salt Lake City, UT	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	R Lazy K Inc.	Glenvil, NE	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buffalo Welding, Inc.	Milwaukie, OR	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	KS - Kalispell	Kalispell, MT	38 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: 2023, 2022. 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.