Administration of Conservation Programs · Iowa

Black Hawk County Conservation

Waterloo, IA · ~25 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Black Hawk County Conservation runs at 442% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Administration of Conservation Programs workplace, earning a grade F.

Black Hawk County Conservation: 14.1 TCR = 442% of Administration of Conservation Programs BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Black Hawk County Conservation safety composite

Black Hawk County Conservation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−6.0

2022→2024

Black Hawk County Conservation injury rate improved

Black Hawk County Conservation's TCR fell 6.0 from 15.2 in 2022 to 9.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 18.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=15.2 · 2023=18.0 · 2024=9.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 924120 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.1 · 442% of ind

  • DART 4.6 DART
  • RANK #7/8
  • PHOTO Shelton Community Ce…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Shelton Community Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Black Hawk County Conservation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Black Hawk County Conservation averages 14.1 TCR (442% of the Administration of Conservation Programs BLS benchmark).

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

Black Hawk County Conservation TCR series: 2022=15.2 · 2023=18 · 2024=9.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Black Hawk County Conservation falls in its industry

413 Administration of Conservation establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 8 Administration of Conservation employers in Iowa.

Black Hawk County Conservation (25 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Black Hawk County Conservation
Black Hawk County Conservation (25 employees, TCR 14.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 5.0

Black Hawk County Conservation has fewer employees than the Administration of Conservation Programs median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 9.2 4.6 1 1 0
2023 18.0 0.0 2 2 0
2022 15.2 10.1 2 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

924120 · IA · Waterloo

413 Administration of Conservation Programs employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 Shelton Community Center 14.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Francisco Recreation and Park Department 14.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Balboa Lake Aquatics 14.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR MOA Parks & Recreation South Park Maintenance 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR PAOSUNNYVALECA 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Truvant PDC South 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 3280 - Jackson Heights 14.1 TCR
NAT-TCR American Tent LLC 14.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Stephens Pipe & Steel LLC ELI 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE WEBB CONCRETE & BUILDING MATERIALS INC /1032 11th Ct.. W / Birmingham 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE WEBB CONCRETE & BUILDING MATERIALS INC / 221 Industrial Drive / Oxford 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Logan Aluminum Inc 25 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.