Advisory commissions, executive government · Iowa

City of Dubuque

Dubuque, IA · ~801 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Dubuque runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Advisory commissions, executive government workplace, earning a grade D.

City of Dubuque: 5.1 TCR = 158% of Advisory commissions, executive government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Dubuque safety composite

City of Dubuque scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.9

2016→2023

City of Dubuque injury rate improved

City of Dubuque's TCR fell 9.9 from 12.6 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921110 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 158% of ind

  • DART 1.4 DART
  • RANK #9/16
  • PHOTO Town of Hilton Head …
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 99 inj
  • SIZE ~801 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Town of Hilton Head Island (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Dubuque in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Dubuque averages 5.1 TCR (158% of the Advisory commissions, executive government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Dubuque TCR series: 2016=12.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=2.7 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Dubuque falls in its industry

1,010 Advisory commissions, executiv establishments

Safer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 16 Advisory commissions, executiv employers in Iowa.

City of Dubuque (801 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.8 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Dubuque
City of Dubuque (801 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.8

City of Dubuque has more employees than the Advisory commissions, executive governme median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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
2023 2.7 1.4 16 3 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 12.6 9.6 83 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921110 · IA · Dubuque

1,010 Advisory commissions, executive government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 Town of Hilton Head Island 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR McFarland Mental Health Center 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Bristol 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maplewood Public Works/Comm Devel/Parks & Rec Building 5.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE 6183-61830022 804 FTE
STATE-SIZE General Mills Cedar Rapids Iowa 792 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Premium 792 FTE
STATE-SIZE UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR Lewiston Transitional Care of Cascadia 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Keystone Wood Specialties 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Hoffman Mechanical Corp 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seminary Manor 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE CoLinx, LLC. Genesis Road Facility 801 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aurora St. Lukes South Shore 801 FTE
NAT-SIZE Encore Electric 801 FTE
NAT-SIZE Western Extrusions Corp 801 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: 2023, 2022, 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.