Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government · Iowa
City of Burlington
Burlington, IA · ~340 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Burlington runs at 192% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Burlington: 6.1 TCR = 192% of Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government BLS 3.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Burlington safety composite
City of Burlington scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.14 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
City of Burlington: 7.1 → 7.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 8.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.39× in 2024
City of Burlington's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.1 in 2016 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922190 · Burlington, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 6.1 · 192% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #5/6
- PHOTO Black Hawk County Sh…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 140 inj
- SIZE ~340 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office (0.3 TCR gap)
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City of Burlington in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Office of Home
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
6.6 TCR
- City of Modest
City of Modesto
6.6 TCR
- Black Hawk Cou
Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office
6.5 TCR
- This site
City of Burlington
6.1 TCR
- Utah Communica
Utah Communications Authority
5.5 TCR
What this shows City of Burlington averages 6.1 TCR (192% of the Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government BLS benchmark).
City of Burlington TCR series: 2016=7.1 · 2017=4.8 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=4.2 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=5.9 · 2022=8.3 · 2023=4 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Burlington falls in its industry
79 Public safety bureaus and stat establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 6 Public safety bureaus and stat employers in Iowa.
City of Burlington has more employees than the Public safety bureaus and statistics cen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922190 · IA · Burlington
79 Public safety bureaus and statistics centers, government 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 | Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office | 6.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City of Modesto | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Utah Communications Authority | 5.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Tenneco (Federal Mogul, LLC.) | 340 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | WM 1285 | 339 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 559 | 341 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bettendorf - Main Store | 338 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 | Owens & Minor Allentown | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Unex Manufacturing Inc | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Glendale | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Eagle Graphics, Inc | 6.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | KTP - KUKA Systems N.A. LLC | 340 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Actavis Elizabeth LLC - Elizabeth, NJ Location | 340 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Howmet Aerospace Whitehall Operations - Plant 5 | 340 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Afton Chemical Corporation, Research Center | 340 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.