Highway, street, and bridge construction · Iowa
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads
Waterloo, IA · ~41 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads runs at 289% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Highway, street, and bridge construction workplace, earning a grade F.
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads: 8.1 TCR = 289% of Highway, street, and bridge construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads safety composite
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).
47/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads: 5.7 → 16.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 19.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads's TCR rose 11.1 from 5.7 in 2018 to 16.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 19.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.1 · 289% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #84/111
- PHOTO West Plains Bridge a…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~41 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: West Plains Bridge and Grading (0.0 TCR gap)
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Black Hawk County Secondary Roads in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads
8.1 TCR
- West Plains Br
West Plains Bridge and Grading
8.1 TCR
- Arrow-Crete Co
Arrow-Crete Construction, LLC
8.1 TCR
- Primer Constru
Primer Construction Corp.
8.1 TCR
- Floyd County R
Floyd County Road Department
8.1 TCR
What this shows Black Hawk County Secondary Roads averages 8.1 TCR (289% of the Highway, street, and bridge construction BLS benchmark).
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads TCR series: 2018=5.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=8.9 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=19.5 · 2024=16.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Black Hawk County Secondary Roads falls in its industry
4,078 Highway, street, and bridge co establishmentsSafer than 14% 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 #84 safest of 111 Highway, street, and bridge co employers in Iowa.
Black Hawk County Secondary Roads has fewer employees than the Highway, street, and bridge construction 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 | 16.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Waterloo
4,078 Highway, street, and bridge construction 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 | West Plains Bridge and Grading | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Arrow-Crete Construction, LLC | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Primer Construction Corp. | 8.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Floyd County Road Department | 8.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Falls Warehouse | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva-Dallas Center R&D | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Purelight Power of Des Moines | 41 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North West REC | 41 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 | City of Raleigh- Transportation | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Ocean Medical Center | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unity Forest Products, Inc | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ameriflight, LLC GEG | 8.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Holiday Inn Express & Suites 7845 | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Northern Concrete Pipe Inc. Grand Rapids | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Glacier Valley Elementary School | 41 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Steel Construction Services, LLC | 41 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.