Government · Iowa
City of Dubuque - Water Department
Dubuque, IA · ~455 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Dubuque - Water Department runs at 2% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Government workplace, earning a grade A.
City of Dubuque - Water Department: 0.1 TCR = 2% of Government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Dubuque - Water Department safety composite
City of Dubuque - Water Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% 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).
75/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.06 per 100 workers
Safer than 100% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 64% 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%).
City of Dubuque - Water Department held a steady TCR band
City of Dubuque - Water Department's TCR held near 0.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 0.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=0.0 · 2024=0.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 921190 · Dubuque, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 2% of ind
- DART 0.1 DART
- RANK #2/34
- PHOTO City of Dubuque - Li…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 1 inj
- SIZE ~455 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Dubuque - Library (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Dubuque - Water Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.1
City of Dubuque - Water Department
0.1 TCR
- City of Dubuqu 0.1
City of Dubuque - Library
0.1 TCR
- Dept. of Admin 0.1
Dept. of Administration (43)
0.1 TCR
- North County 0.1
North County
0.1 TCR
- San Joaquin Co 0
San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters
0 TCR
What this shows City of Dubuque - Water Department averages 0.1 TCR (2% of the Government BLS benchmark).
City of Dubuque - Water Department TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=0.1 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Dubuque - Water Department falls in its industry
1,496 Government establishmentsSafer than 100% 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 #2 safest of 34 Government employers in Iowa.
City of Dubuque - Water Department 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | City of Dubuque - Library | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dept. of Administration (43) | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North County | 0.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters | 0.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | City Hall Annex | 455 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Airport | 455 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Foods - Sioux Center, IA | 454 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Sioux Center | 456 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 | ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Chemical Plant | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Infineum USA INC | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greenville Office | 0.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Madix Inc. - Goodwater | 455 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Clarion Hospital | 455 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Ortua - Tualatin | 455 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Environmental-Pollution Control | 455 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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