Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Iowa
City of Altoona- Police Department
Altoona, IA · ~76 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Altoona- Police Department runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade B.
City of Altoona- Police Department: 1.8 TCR = 55% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Altoona- Police Department safety composite
City of Altoona- Police Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.77 per 100 workers
Safer than 96% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.61 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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%).
City of Altoona- Police Department held a steady TCR band
City of Altoona- Police Department's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.3 in 2022 to 1.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.91× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=1.3 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Altoona, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 55% of ind
- DART 1.6 DART
- RANK #2/18
- PHOTO Dept. of Public Safe…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~76 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Public Safety (36) (0.1 TCR gap)
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City of Altoona- Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Dept. of Publi
Dept. of Public Safety (5)
1.9 TCR
- This site
City of Altoona- Police Department
1.8 TCR
- Dept. of Publi
Dept. of Public Safety (36)
1.8 TCR
- South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Public Safety - Bureau of Protective Services
1.7 TCR
- Office of Fiel
Office of Field Operations - Chicago
1.7 TCR
What this shows City of Altoona- Police Department averages 1.8 TCR (55% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
City of Altoona- Police Department TCR series: 2022=1.3 · 2023=2.4 · 2024=1.6 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Altoona- Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 18 Police departments (except Ame employers in Iowa.
City of Altoona- Police Department has fewer employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IA · Altoona
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 52 employers in Altoona, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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