Government · Iowa
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications
Dubuque, IA · ~505 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Government workplace, earning a grade B.
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications: 1.6 TCR = 51% of Government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications safety composite
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 1.63 per 100 workers
Safer than 79% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.65 per 100 workers
Safer than 60% 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
−1.3
2023→2024
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications injury rate improved
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications's TCR fell 1.3 from 2.3 in 2023 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=2.3 · 2024=1.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 921190 · Dubuque, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 51% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #10/34
- PHOTO MN Board of Animal H…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 11 inj
- SIZE ~505 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MN Board of Animal Health Headquarters (0.0 TCR gap)
Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications
1.6 TCR
- MN Board of An
MN Board of Animal Health Headquarters
1.6 TCR
- City Hall (wit
City Hall (without Police)
1.6 TCR
- Public Works
Public Works
1.6 TCR
- Groton Town Ha
Groton Town Hall Annex/PW Admin/OPDS
1.6 TCR
What this shows City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications averages 1.6 TCR (51% of the Government BLS benchmark).
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications TCR series: 2023=2.3 · 2024=1 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications falls in its industry
1,496 Government establishmentsSafer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 34 Government employers in Iowa.
City of Dubuque - Police & Emergency Communications has more employees than the Government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
921190 · IA · Dubuque
1,496 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 | MN Board of Animal Health Headquarters | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | City Hall (without Police) | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Public Works | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Groton Town Hall Annex/PW Admin/OPDS | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewis Central Community School District | 508 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Spencer Hospital | 502 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Peterson Cotractors, Inc. | 509 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Maharishi International University (MIU) | 500 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 | Grovin Construction | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | New England Gypsum Manchester | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Growers Transplanting | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CCL Sleeve | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | DLP Harris Regional Hospital LLC | 505 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clorox Services Company | 505 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mueller Company | 505 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ag World Inc | 505 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.