Cramer & Associates, Inc.
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GRIMES, IA | Causeway construction
~123 avg employees | 3 years of OSHA data
Cramer & Associates, Inc. has an average TCR of 18.0, which is 644% of the industry average (2.8) for Causeway construction. This is significantly worse than average.
Safety Insights for Cramer & Associates, Inc.
Cramer & Associates, Inc. operates an establishment with approximately 123 full-time equivalent workers in GRIMES, IA, classified under the Causeway construction industry (NAICS 237310). Across 3 years of mandatory OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA) reporting, this employer has accumulated 75 recordable injuries, 0 occupational illnesses, and 0 workplace fatalities. The average Total Case Rate (TCR) of 18.0 injuries per 100 full-time workers per year provides the anchor metric for the F letter grade (Failing Safety Record).
Benchmarked against the Bureau of Labor Statistics industry average of 2.8 for Causeway construction, Cramer & Associates, Inc.'s workforce experiences 644% of the typical injury burden. This ratio matters because TCR already normalizes for hours worked — a 200,000-hour exposure base equals roughly 100 full-time workers — so establishments with very different headcounts can be compared directly. A TCR above the benchmark flags a higher-than-typical risk profile for jobseekers, insurers, and enforcement agencies to examine.
Multi-year trend analysis is the single most reliable signal here: a one-year spike could reflect a single severe event, whereas sustained elevation across 3 reporting cycles points to systemic hazard exposure. Readers evaluating Cramer & Associates, Inc. as an employer, contractor, investment, or regulatory target should examine the yearly DART rate (days away, restricted, or transferred), the fatality count of 0, and any year-over-year deterioration shown in the table below. All figures come directly from employer-submitted OSHA Form 300A summaries — there is no modeling, estimation, or third-party adjustment layered on top of the government data.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Cramer & Associates, Inc.'s own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source — name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor — OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 237310 — Causeway construction.
DART Rate — Transparent Calculation (2018)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
17 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 253,725 hours worked = 13.40 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904 — OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context — Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Cramer & Associates, Inc. (this establishment) | 18.02 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Road construction industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 237310 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 9.40 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Cramer & Associates, Inc. to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2018: 23 reportable incidents · 23 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2017: 28 reportable incidents · 28 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2016: 24 reportable incidents · 24 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities — OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) — inspection case-number records
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 |
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