Personnel offices, government · Iowa

City of Grinnell

Grinnell, IA · ~245 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Grinnell runs at 356% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Personnel offices, government workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Grinnell: 11.4 TCR = 356% of Personnel offices, government BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Grinnell safety composite

City of Grinnell scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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

−5.2

2017→2024

City of Grinnell injury rate improved

City of Grinnell's TCR fell 5.2 from 12.1 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 21.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=12.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=21.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Grinnell, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 11.4 · 356% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #31/34
  • PHOTO City of Zumbrota
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~245 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Zumbrota (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Grinnell in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Grinnell averages 11.4 TCR (356% of the Personnel offices, government BLS benchmark).

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

City of Grinnell TCR series: 2017=12.1 · 2018=12.1 · 2019=13.9 · 2020=9.7 · 2021=10.6 · 2022=21.3 · 2023=4.5 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Grinnell falls in its industry

1,496 Personnel offices, government establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 34 Personnel offices, government employers in Iowa.

City of Grinnell (245 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Grinnell
City of Grinnell (245 employees, TCR 11.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

City of Grinnell has more employees than the Personnel offices, government median and a higher 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 6.9 0.0 5 0 0
2023 4.5 1.5 3 0 0
2022 21.3 1.5 14 0 0
2021 10.6 4.0 7 1 0
2020 9.7 4.8 6 0 0
2019 13.9 1.5 9 0 0
2018 12.1 9.1 7 1 0
2017 12.1 6.0 7 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Grinnell

1,496 Personnel offices, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 40 employers in Grinnell, 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 Zumbrota 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DEPARTAMENTO DE RECREACION Y DEPORTES 11.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Cambridge 11.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Surf City 11.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Urbandale Business Center 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2504 Clinton Folding 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1393 245 FTE
STATE-SIZE woodward academy 245 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Grinnell Windows 474 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0403 - Windows-Grinnell 436 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America : Customer Experience US 357 FTE
NAT-TCR Wieland Forgeworks 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc - Rochester 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR ShopRite of Hunterdon County Micro Fulfillment Center 11.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Medical Center at Franklin 11.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Specialty Cheese Company Inc 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE K-Five Construction Corporation 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Virginia's Choice - Parkersburg 245 FTE
NAT-SIZE OMNI Highway 1 Facility 245 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.