Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors · Iowa

Carl A. Nelson & Company

Burlington, IA · ~125 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Carl A. Nelson & Company runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors workplace, earning a grade C.

Carl A. Nelson & Company: 2.6 TCR = 93% of Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Carl A. Nelson & Company safety composite

Carl A. Nelson & Company scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−2.1

2016→2024

Carl A. Nelson & Company injury rate improved

Carl A. Nelson & Company's TCR fell 2.1 from 2.9 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 4.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Burlington, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/32
  • PHOTO Phaze Concrete Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Phaze Concrete Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Carl A. Nelson & Company in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Carl A. Nelson & Company averages 2.6 TCR (93% of the Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Carl A. Nelson & Company TCR series: 2016=2.9 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.4 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=1.7 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Carl A. Nelson & Company falls in its industry

1,314 Foundation, building, poured c establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 32 Foundation, building, poured c employers in Iowa.

Carl A. Nelson & Company (125 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Carl A. Nelson & Company
Carl A. Nelson & Company (125 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Carl A. Nelson & Company has more employees than the Foundation, building, poured concrete, c median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 0.8 0.0 1 0 0
2023 1.7 0.0 2 0 0
2022 2.9 0.9 3 0 0
2021 4.4 0.9 5 0 0
2020 2.4 0.8 3 0 0
2019 2.2 0.0 3 0 0
2018 3.7 0.0 6 0 0
2016 2.9 0.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · IA · Burlington

1,314 Foundation, building, poured concrete, contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 68 employers in Burlington, 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 Phaze Concrete Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Monroe Construction, Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Georgia Sheeting & Shoring 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Rouser Concrete LLC 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Engineering Co., Inc - Company Wide 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Gyspum Fort Dodge 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE KPI Concepts- Plant #1 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4192-00051282-050015 125 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shearer's Foods - BUR 727 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shearer's Foods Burlington 719 FTE
CITY-NEAR Federal-Mogul Ignition Company Burlington Iowa Plant 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR CNH_Burlington 576 FTE
NAT-TCR Czarnowski-Las Vegas 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Prospect Waterproofing Company 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Cleveland Office 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 460 North Grove 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE USA NV Fernley Plant 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Dairy Transport-Shallowater 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0606 Edgewater 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trader Joe's 0740 Asheville 125 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, 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.