Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution · Iowa

Council Bluffs

51502 - Council Bluffs, IA · ~128 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.2
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Council Bluffs runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

Council Bluffs: 1.2 TCR = 100% of Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution BLS 1.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Council Bluffs safety composite

Council Bluffs scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.4

2022→2023

Council Bluffs injury rate improved

Council Bluffs's TCR fell 2.4 from 2.4 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=2.4 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · 51502 - Council Bluffs, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 1.2 · 100% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/8
  • PHOTO NG Aurora Fleet Faci…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~128 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NG Aurora Fleet Facility (0.0 TCR gap)

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Council Bluffs in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Council Bluffs averages 1.2 TCR (100% of the Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Council Bluffs TCR series: 2022=2.4 · 2023=0 · BLS 1.2

Where Council Bluffs falls in its industry

1,153 Utilities- Natural Gas Distrib establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 8 Utilities- Natural Gas Distrib employers in Iowa.

Council Bluffs (128 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs (128 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Council Bluffs has more employees than the Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.4 0.8 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · IA · 51502 - Council Bluffs

1,153 Utilities- Natural Gas Distribution employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 NG Aurora Fleet Facility 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR San Dimas - Bld: 0807 - 15 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SEMCO Energy Gas Company - Niles 1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 206-NiSource-Fredericksburg VA-Commerce 1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE DeWitt 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Concrete Technologies, Inc. 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oral-B Laboratories G.P. Power Oral Care 128 FTE
STATE-SIZE MANCHESTER FC 128 FTE
NAT-TCR Aubrey Silvey Enterprises, Inc. 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR BayCare Health System (0020) 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR CO-OP Memeber Center 1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR PVS Technologies, Inc.-Transportation 1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Howell Paving, Inc. 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE 9940 Coborn's Warehouse/Distribution Center 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Astor Services for Children & Families- Residential 128 FTE
NAT-SIZE Alaska Court System (4) 128 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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