Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Iowa

Cedar Falls Utilities

Cedar Falls, IA · ~195 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Falls Utilities runs at 499% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

Cedar Falls Utilities: 6.0 TCR = 499% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Falls Utilities safety composite

Cedar Falls Utilities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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 5.99 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

Cedar Falls Utilities injury rate improved

Cedar Falls Utilities's TCR fell 2.0 from 6.6 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=6.0 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.0 · 499% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Power Plant
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 78 inj
  • SIZE ~195 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Power Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Falls Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Falls Utilities averages 6.0 TCR (499% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Falls Utilities TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=4.2 · 2018=6.7 · 2019=8.3 · 2020=7.7 · 2021=6 · 2022=3.5 · 2023=6.4 · 2024=4.5 · BLS 1.2

Where Cedar Falls Utilities falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Iowa.

Cedar Falls Utilities (195 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Cedar Falls Utilities
Cedar Falls Utilities (195 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Cedar Falls Utilities has more employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 4.5 2.3 7 1 0
2023 6.4 2.3 8 3 0
2022 3.5 1.2 4 2 0
2021 6.0 3.6 9 1 0
2020 7.7 1.8 9 4 0
2019 8.3 4.2 14 0 0
2018 6.7 3.6 10 1 0
2017 4.2 3.0 6 1 0
2016 6.6 4.2 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · IA · Cedar Falls

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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 Power Plant 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northeastern 1 and 2 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CA-Corp Whse - Ventura 5.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 02 - KIUC - Eleele T&D 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Algona ALG1 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Atlantic Branch 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nichols Aluminum Casting 195 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Schebler Co 195 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center 1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC 1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0590 - Cedar Falls DC 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Western Home Services 752 FTE
NAT-TCR C016 Staunton 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR American Scaffold SE 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Carolina Millwork & Truss LLC 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Hammond Lumber Company - Belgrade 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Field Employees 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate - KOIN OFFICE 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE NJR Service Corp 195 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gamma Construction 195 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.