Fiber optic cable transmission line construction · Iowa

CDB

Davenport, IA · ~37 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

CDB runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fiber optic cable transmission line construction workplace, earning a grade F.

CDB: 7.0 TCR = 252% of Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

CDB safety composite

CDB scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

19/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

CDB: 4.4 → 13.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 21.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.6× in 2024

CDB's TCR rose 9.1 from 4.4 in 2016 to 13.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 21.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Davenport, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.0 · 252% of ind

  • DART 11.3 DART
  • RANK #15/19
  • PHOTO NA-US-TX-Sugarland-S…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-TX-Sugarland-S. Sam Houston Parkway W. (0.0 TCR gap)

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CDB in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows CDB averages 7.0 TCR (252% of the Fiber optic cable transmission line construction BLS benchmark).

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

CDB TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2017=8.2 · 2018=8.4 · 2019=2.6 · 2020=5.1 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=21.2 · 2024=13.5 · BLS 2.8

Where CDB falls in its industry

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 19 Fiber optic cable transmission employers in Iowa.

CDB (37 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate CDB
CDB (37 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

CDB has fewer employees than the Fiber optic cable transmission line cons median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 13.5 11.3 5 1 0
2023 21.2 17.7 6 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.1 5.1 2 0 0
2019 2.6 2.6 1 0 0
2018 8.4 2.8 2 1 0
2017 8.2 5.5 3 0 0
2016 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IA · Davenport

1,605 Fiber optic cable transmission line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 284 employers in Davenport, 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 NA-US-TX-Sugarland-S. Sam Houston Parkway W. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SP001 - Tjader - New Richmond 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Powerline Construction 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR NA-US-MA-Marlborough-St. Martin Drive 7.1 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 MercyOne-Genesis, East Hospital-MHS-IA/NE 2,129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Genesis Medical Center East Campus 1,704 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Davenport Works 1,394 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - MLI1 1,353 FTE
NAT-TCR Paoli Hospital 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Oklahoma City OK Millwork 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Antlers Plus 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR UWY 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE At Home Stores #66 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Michener Elementary 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE 24-Topeka Engine 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Eversource - New Britain 37 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.

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