Distribution equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA · ~22 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids runs at 392% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids: 8.6 TCR = 392% of Distribution equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids safety composite
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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).
16/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 4% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 8.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids: 4.7 → 16.6 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 16.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.97× in 2023
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids's TCR rose 12.0 from 4.7 in 2021 to 16.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423610 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 392% of ind
- DART 8.3 DART
- RANK #17/18
- PHOTO Salt Lake City, UT
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~22 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Salt Lake City, UT (0.0 TCR gap)
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Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids
8.6 TCR
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
8.6 TCR
- KGP Warsaw 1
KGP Warsaw 1
8.6 TCR
- Maurice LANR4
Maurice LANR4
8.6 TCR
- TF CABLE
TF CABLE
8.6 TCR
What this shows Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids averages 8.6 TCR (392% of the Distribution equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids TCR series: 2021=4.7 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=16.6 · BLS 2.2
Where Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids falls in its industry
1,190 Distribution equipment, electr establishmentsSafer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 18 Distribution equipment, electr employers in Iowa.
Border States Electric - Cedar Rapids has fewer employees than the Distribution equipment, electrical, merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 | 16.6 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423610 · IA · Cedar Rapids
1,190 Distribution equipment, electrical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 | Salt Lake City, UT | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KGP Warsaw 1 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Maurice LANR4 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TF CABLE | 8.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kevin D. Moellers | 22 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sheldon | 22 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) | 6,179 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave | 6,172 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | CRST EXPEDITED INC | 3,475 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Methodist Hospital | 2,949 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | OHC Stockton | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Caldwell Care of Cascadia | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Les Schwab Tire Center-Vancouver Minnehaha | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | El Cajon, Ca #00014 | 8.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Border States Electric - Dickinson | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SGS Retail - Royal City | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SGS Retail - Hanford | 22 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Star Mall | 22 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.