Fire sprinkler system installation · Iowa

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.

Cedar Falls, IA · ~53 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire sprinkler system installation workplace, earning a grade C.

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.: 3.1 TCR = 110% of Fire sprinkler system installation BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. safety composite

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−3.2

2016→2024

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. injury rate improved

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.2 from 3.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.2 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 110% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #45/94
  • PHOTO Commonwealth Fire Pr…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Commonwealth Fire Protection Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. averages 3.1 TCR (110% of the Fire sprinkler system installation BLS benchmark).

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

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=8.6 · 2019=1.9 · 2020=6.1 · 2021=2 · 2022=2.1 · 2023=2.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installa establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 94 Fire sprinkler system installa employers in Iowa.

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. (53 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.
Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. (53 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers, Inc. has fewer employees than the Fire sprinkler system installation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2022 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2021 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2020 6.1 4.0 3 0 0
2019 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2018 8.6 6.8 5 0 0
2017 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2016 3.2 3.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Cedar Falls

5,793 Fire sprinkler system installation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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 Commonwealth Fire Protection Company, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR GES 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR ProCraft 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNITED MECHANICAL INC. 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Fertilizer & Grain Co 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Streb Construction Co., Inc. 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliber Concrete LLC 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center 1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls DC 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Home Services 752 FTE
NAT-TCR JK Concepts Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Kcs Contracting LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Wellsford Cabinetry Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lezzer Commercial Door 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Glasgow Water Company 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Towlift Columbus 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Towlift Toledo 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oklahoma City Hauling 53 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.