Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Iowa
Boulder Contracting
Grundy Center, IA · ~37 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Boulder Contracting runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Boulder Contracting: 3.4 TCR = 122% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Boulder Contracting safety composite
Boulder Contracting scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).
60/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 45% 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%).
TCR Δ
−5.7
2018→2024
Boulder Contracting injury rate improved
Boulder Contracting's TCR fell 5.7 from 7.4 in 2018 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2018=7.4 · 2019=4.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=1.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Grundy Center, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 122% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #36/111
- PHOTO R.A. Nemetz Construc…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~37 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: R.A. Nemetz Construction Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Boulder Contracting in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Boulder Contracting
3.4 TCR
- R.A. Nemetz Co
R.A. Nemetz Construction Co., Inc.
3.4 TCR
- Rustler Constr
Rustler Construction Inc.
3.4 TCR
- FSC II, LLC db
FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company- East Division
3.4 TCR
- MORAIS CONCRET
MORAIS CONCRETE SERVICE INC
3.4 TCR
What this shows Boulder Contracting averages 3.4 TCR (122% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Boulder Contracting TCR series: 2018=7.4 · 2019=4 · 2020=0 · 2021=3 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8
Where Boulder Contracting falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 45% 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 #36 safest of 111 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Iowa.
Boulder Contracting has fewer employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge 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 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Grundy Center
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Grundy Center, 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 | R.A. Nemetz Construction Co., Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rustler Construction Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FSC II, LLC dba Fred Smith Company- East Division | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MORAIS CONCRETE SERVICE INC | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell City Warehouse | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux County Egg | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | OSI Gen Repair & Svc Wind Plt | 37 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | BHE - Lawrence (KS009) | 37 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Richelieu Foods, Inc. - Grundy Center | 100 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Richelieu Foods Grundy Center | 95 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Creekside | 77 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WATERLOO IA - 247 | 46 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Material Sciences Corporation Los Angeles | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | IBA Inc. | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 1318 LKQ Newark | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Public Health Department | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Marrero | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Administration, Liquor, Auditorium | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mid Michigan Pride Painting, LLC | 37 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | SA Recycling, Mobile Hardwood Ln | 37 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.