Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities · Iowa
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office
Waterloo, IA · ~162 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office runs at 202% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities workplace, earning a grade F.
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office: 6.5 TCR = 202% of Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office safety composite
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 43% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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 Sheriff's Office: 3.6 → 10.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.12× in 2024
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office's TCR rose 7.2 from 3.6 in 2018 to 10.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.12× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922190 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.5 · 202% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #6/6
- PHOTO Office of Homeland S…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 49 inj
- SIZE ~162 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (0.2 TCR gap)
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Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Village of Cha
Village of Chatham - 117 E Mulberry Police Dept
7 TCR
- Office of Home
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
6.6 TCR
- City of Modest
City of Modesto
6.6 TCR
- This site
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office
6.5 TCR
- City of Burlin
City of Burlington
6.1 TCR
What this shows Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office averages 6.5 TCR (202% of the Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities BLS benchmark).
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office TCR series: 2018=3.6 · 2019=5.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=10.1 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 3.2
Where Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office falls in its industry
79 Other Justice, Public Order, a establishmentsSafer than 43% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Other Justice, Public Order, a employers in Iowa.
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office has more employees than the Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 10.9 | 7.2 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10.1 | 5.7 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922190 · IA · Waterloo
79 Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities 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 | Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Modesto | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Burlington | 6.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of Chatham - 117 E Mulberry Police Dept | 7.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Kline Electric | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SHIVVERS MANUFACTURING INC | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gemini Decorah | 162 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMES IA - 3356 | 162 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 | The BJC Group, Inc | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Tri-C Wood Products, Inc. | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rudy Luther Toyota | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rosalia Restaurant | 6.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Phoenix 3 | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | GK NEVADA LLC dba CENTENNIAL TOYOTA | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The Mathers Team | 162 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plymouth Office | 162 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.