Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground · Iowa
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department
Urbandale, IA · ~47 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department runs at 173% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground workplace, earning a grade D.
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department: 6.6 TCR = 173% of Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department safety composite
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% 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).
62/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 6.58 per 100 workers
Safer than 61% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 71% 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
−7.4
2016→2018
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department injury rate improved
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department's TCR fell 7.4 from 10.9 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=10.9 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621910 · Urbandale, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.6 · 173% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #5/14
- PHOTO Acadian Ambulance
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~47 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Acadian Ambulance (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department
6.6 TCR
- Acadian Ambula
Acadian Ambulance
6.6 TCR
- Sunstar EMS
Sunstar EMS
6.6 TCR
- Universal Medi
Universal Medical Response
6.6 TCR
- Napa Operatio
Napa Operations
6.6 TCR
What this shows City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department averages 6.6 TCR (173% of the Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground BLS benchmark).
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department TCR series: 2016=10.9 · 2017=5.3 · 2018=3.5 · BLS 3.8
Where City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department falls in its industry
976 Emergency medical transportati establishmentsSafer than 61% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 14 Emergency medical transportati employers in Iowa.
City of Urbandale - Fire and EMS Department has fewer employees than the Emergency medical transportation service median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 10.9 | 1.8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621910 · IA · Urbandale
976 Emergency medical transportation services, air or ground employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 104 employers in Urbandale, 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 | Acadian Ambulance | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sunstar EMS | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Universal Medical Response | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Napa Operations | 6.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DeJong Greenhouse LLC | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Des Moines Office | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Goldfield | 47 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrum Valley Farms South | 47 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISG Urbandale | 786 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Quality Manufacturing Corporation | 612 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mosaic Urbandale/Nevada | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | URBANDALE IA | 352 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | San Antonio Food | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Camelot Leasing, LLC | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Austin | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | SpringHill Suites Nashville MetroCenter | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Kauffman Engineering, Inc. COR | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 4818-48180056-1604 E. Whaley St-Wc | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AAH Avera St. Luke's Home Care | 47 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Richmond (South Laburnum Avenue) | 47 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.