Building framing (except structural steel) · Iowa

Cardinal Construction, Inc.

Waterloo, IA · ~46 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Cardinal Construction, Inc. runs at 171% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building framing (except structural steel) workplace, earning a grade D.

Cardinal Construction, Inc.: 4.8 TCR = 171% of Building framing (except structural steel) BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cardinal Construction, Inc. safety composite

Cardinal Construction, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−5.4

2018→2024

Cardinal Construction, Inc. injury rate improved

Cardinal Construction, Inc.'s TCR fell 5.4 from 8.0 in 2018 to 2.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=8.0 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=2.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238130 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 171% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P55
  • PHOTO Golden State Constru…
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~46 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Golden State Construction & Framing (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cardinal Construction, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cardinal Construction, Inc. averages 4.8 TCR (171% of the Building framing (except structural steel) BLS benchmark).

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

Cardinal Construction, Inc. TCR series: 2018=8 · 2019=8.7 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=7.2 · 2023=6.9 · 2024=2.6 · BLS 2.8

Where Cardinal Construction, Inc. falls in its industry

387 Building framing (except struc establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Cardinal Construction, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cardinal Construction, Inc.
Cardinal Construction, Inc. (46 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Cardinal Construction, Inc. has fewer employees than the Building framing (except structural stee median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 2.6 0.0 1 0 0
2023 6.9 6.9 3 0 0
2022 7.2 7.2 3 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.7 4.4 4 0 0
2018 8.0 2.0 4 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238130 · IA · Waterloo

387 Building framing (except structural steel) 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 Golden State Construction & Framing 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Memphis FS (SSS.SAT) 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bouma Corporation - Traverse City 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tempe FS (SSS,SAT) 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hickory Hill Farms 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Van Hessen USA Ottumwa 46 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Infrastructure 46 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 Plant 8 - Lamination and Components 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR C.O. Beck & Sons 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Metzger Elementary 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Four Seasons Beer Dist., Inc. 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Powder River Energy Corp. Gillette 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Macon County Building 46 FTE
NAT-SIZE Factor Sales, Inc. 46 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.