Public property management services, government · Iowa

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations

Council Bluffs, IA · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Public property management services, government workplace, earning a grade D.

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations: 4.1 TCR = 127% of Public property management services, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations safety composite

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations: 3.4 → 4.7 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations's TCR rose 1.3 from 3.4 in 2023 to 4.7 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Council Bluffs, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 127% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #22/34
  • PHOTO City of Barnesville
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

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

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Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations averages 4.1 TCR (127% of the Public property management services, government BLS benchmark).

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

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 3.2

Where Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations falls in its industry

1,496 Public property management ser establishments

Safer than 55% 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 #22 safest of 34 Public property management ser employers in Iowa.

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations (77 employees, TCR 4.1) 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 Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations
Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations (77 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Council Bluffs Public Works - Operations has fewer employees than the Public property management services, gov 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 4.7 0.0 2 1 0
2023 3.4 2.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Council Bluffs

1,496 Public property management services, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, 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 Barnesville 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Phoenix E20 NSD 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Avon - General Government 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DUBUQUE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hen Haven LLC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huxley, IA 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa City Service Center 77 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant 1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR 61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP 903 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6183-61830022 804 FTE
CITY-NEAR Council Bluffs IA 742 FTE
NAT-TCR Taylor 10240 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1st FP McAllen, LLC 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Angelus Plaza 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Waterford Terrace 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Olathe Grease Plant 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Custom Pultrusions, Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pemberton LLC 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dedicated Pennsylvania 77 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.