Causeway construction · Iowa

Cramer & Associates, Inc.

Grimes, IA · ~123 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
18.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Cramer & Associates, Inc. runs at 644% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Causeway construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Cramer & Associates, Inc.: 18.0 TCR = 644% of Causeway construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Cramer & Associates, Inc. safety composite

Cramer & Associates, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

15/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 18.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 13.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

Cramer & Associates, Inc.: 16.8 → 18.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 19.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.74× in 2018

Cramer & Associates, Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 16.8 in 2016 to 18.1 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 19.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.74× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 18.0 · 644% of ind

  • DART 13.4 DART
  • RANK #107/111
  • PHOTO REPC - PA
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 75 inj
  • SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: REPC - PA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Cramer & Associates, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Cramer & Associates, Inc. averages 18.0 TCR (644% of the Causeway construction BLS benchmark).

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

Cramer & Associates, Inc. TCR series: 2016=16.8 · 2017=19.1 · 2018=18.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Cramer & Associates, Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Causeway construction establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #107 safest of 111 Causeway construction employers in Iowa.

Cramer & Associates, Inc. (123 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Cramer & Associates, Inc.
Cramer & Associates, Inc. (123 employees, TCR 18.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Cramer & Associates, Inc. has more employees than the Causeway construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 18.1 13.4 23 0 0
2017 19.1 16.4 28 0 0
2016 16.8 9.1 24 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IA · Grimes

4,078 Causeway construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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 REPC - PA 18.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Village of South Elgin - Public Services 18.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR D3 Gibson City Yard 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dixon Construction 18.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cedar Valley Corp LLC 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bratney Companies 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0107 LOWE S OF DAVENPORT IA 123 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0057 123 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Carwash Solutions 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Office 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grimes - Main Store 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5748 315 FTE
NAT-TCR Salem 029 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Genesis 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 382103-Day-Dayton View Sta 18.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 200928-Brandenburg Po 18.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Geo-Solutions, Inc. 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carilion Clinic-VTC Support Services Co. 70 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shopko Store #24 (Eau Claire, WI) 123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Andale Ready Mix Central, Inc. 123 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.