Commercial building construction · Iowa

Construction

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Iowa City, IA · ~141 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 2.9
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Construction runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Construction: 3.7 TCR = 129% of Commercial building construction BLS 2.9 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Construction safety composite

Construction scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: D 0.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−1.7

2018→2020

Construction injury rate improved

Construction's TCR fell 1.7 from 4.9 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2018 at 4.9 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.22× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=4.9 · 2019=3.0 · 2020=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Iowa City, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.7 · 129% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #40/75
PHOTO 3873_11098
BOOK 3y book
INJ 16 inj
SIZE ~141 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 3873_11098 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.7
3873_11098

3.7
Ashley Constru

3.7
G.O. Construct

3.7
DESCCO-Fleetwo

3.7

What this shows Construction averages 3.7 TCR (129% of the Commercial building construction BLS benchmark).

Construction TCR series: 2018=4.9 · 2019=3 · 2020=3.3 · BLS 2.9

Where Construction falls in its industry

4,692 Commercial building constructi establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 75 Commercial building constructi employers in Iowa.

Construction (141 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Construction has more employees than the Commercial building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2020	3.3	0.8	4
2019	3.0	2.3	4
2018	4.9	3.1	8

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IA · Iowa City

4,692 Commercial building construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa City, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	3873_11098	GRAND RAPIDS, MI	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ashley Construction Inc.	EDGEWOOD, KY	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	G.O. Construction Services, LLC	BOSTON, MA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DESCCO-Fleetwood	FLEETWOOD, PA	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	19-053071335-7	DALLAS CENTER	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Graham Construction Company, Inc.	DES MOINES	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sachs Electric Company @ SLN Facilities	COUNCIL BLUFFS	141 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rite Hite Door	DUBUQUE	141 FTE
CITY-NEAR	1918-19187610	Iowa City	29,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iowa City North Dodge (ICND)	Iowa City	940 FTE
CITY-NEAR	8010516-P and G Iowa City	Iowa City	772 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Iowa City	Iowa City	721 FTE
NAT-TCR	Southwestern Medical Clinic Bridgman	Bridgman, MI	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center	Dayton, OH	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	T&T Construction	Pasadena, TX	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Can-Am Contractors, Inc	Beltsville, MD	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Klaussner Plant 28	Candor, NC	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Insource Performance Solutions at Stanley Kannapolis	Concord, NC	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ON Semiconductor Maine	South Portland, ME	141 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Xtreme Tower Products	Maryville, TN	141 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.