Landfills · Iowa

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency

Marion, IA · ~37 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.5
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency runs at 402% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Landfills workplace, earning a grade F.

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency: 10.5 TCR = 402% of Landfills BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency safety composite

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 10.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−4.3

2019→2021

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency injury rate improved

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency's TCR fell 4.3 from 15.0 in 2019 to 10.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.0 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=10.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562212 · Marion, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 10.5 · 402% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO 3130-Loess Hills Lan…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~37 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3130-Loess Hills Landfill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency averages 10.5 TCR (402% of the Landfills BLS benchmark).

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

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency TCR series: 2019=15 · 2020=5.7 · 2021=10.7 · BLS 2.6

Where Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency falls in its industry

288 Landfills establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 5 Landfills employers in Iowa.

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency (37 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency
Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency (37 employees, TCR 10.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 32 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency has more employees than the Landfills median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2021 10.7 2.7 4 0 0
2020 5.7 2.9 2 0 0
2019 15.0 3.0 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562212 · IA · Marion

288 Landfills employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 59 employers in Marion, 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 3130-Loess Hills Landfill 10.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sunshine Canyon Landfill - Republic Services 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hanes Mill Landfill 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Modern Disposal Model City 10.7 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 WM 3630 384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marion - Main Store 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3630 347 FTE
CITY-NEAR The ESCO Group 274 FTE
NAT-TCR Northwest Medical Center- Bentonville 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0541 New York 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-508-Pottery Barn 10.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sholom Home East, Inc. 10.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE A&L Sheet Metal 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ds Duggins Welding 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Derby Industries LLC Cleveland 37 FTE
NAT-SIZE Graduate Knoxville 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.