General public administration · Iowa

Dallas County, Iowa

Adel, IA · ~290 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dallas County, Iowa runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade D.

Dallas County, Iowa: 6.3 TCR = 195% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dallas County, Iowa safety composite

Dallas County, Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), 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).

D

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% 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

2017→2018

Dallas County, Iowa injury rate improved

Dallas County, Iowa's TCR fell 1.7 from 7.1 in 2017 to 5.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.1 · 2018=5.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Adel, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 195% of ind

  • DART 3.0 DART
  • RANK #25/34
  • PHOTO 068 VILLAGE OF CHANN…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 36 inj
  • SIZE ~290 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 068 VILLAGE OF CHANNAHON (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dallas County, Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dallas County, Iowa averages 6.3 TCR (195% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

Dallas County, Iowa TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=5.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Dallas County, Iowa falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 38% 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 #25 safest of 34 General public administration employers in Iowa.

Dallas County, Iowa (290 employees, TCR 6.3) 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 Dallas County, Iowa
Dallas County, Iowa (290 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Dallas County, Iowa has more employees than the General public administration median and a higher 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
2018 5.4 3.0 15 1 0
2017 7.1 2.4 21 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Adel

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Adel, 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 068 VILLAGE OF CHANNAHON 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Blue Earth County 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works/Sanitation/Shop 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Grand Traverse County 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Polk County Jail 290 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2002-Williamsburg, IA (Monsanto Co.) 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upper Iowa Beef LLC 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County 114 FTE
CITY-NEAR FAREWAY STORES, INC. 124 ADEL 108 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dallas County Service Center 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR United Brick & Tile 105 FTE
NAT-TCR Legends - Intrepid 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Wisenbaker Builder Services - HB 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 10 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ranchwood Nursing Center 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Scranton (Pascr) 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Supply Chain : LIPB 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Green Bay Sportervice, LLC 290 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jh Routh Packing Co 290 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. 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.