Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Iowa

Denison, IA

Denison, IA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Denison, IA runs at 308% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade F.

Denison, IA: 13.8 TCR = 308% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Denison, IA safety composite

Denison, IA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

Denison, IA: 11.1 → 16.6 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 16.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2023

Denison, IA's TCR rose 5.6 from 11.1 in 2020 to 16.6 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Denison, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.8 · 308% of ind

  • DART 16.6 DART
  • RANK #48/50
  • PHOTO ABF Freight 189
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ABF Freight 189 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Denison, IA in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Denison, IA averages 13.8 TCR (308% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Denison, IA TCR series: 2020=11.1 · 2023=16.6 · BLS 4.5

Where Denison, IA falls in its industry

3,020 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 50 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Iowa.

Denison, IA (35 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Denison, IA
Denison, IA (35 employees, TCR 13.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Denison, IA has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 16.6 16.6 1 0 0
2020 11.1 7.4 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Denison

3,020 Trucking, general freight, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 29 employers in Denison, 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 ABF Freight 189 13.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6284-HL-OM 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jersey City - L2L 176 13.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAC Tacoma 13.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Denison 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR Smithfield Foods Denison IA 1,103 FTE
CITY-NEAR Monogram Quality Foods LLC 337 FTE
CITY-NEAR Crawford County Memorial Hospital 249 FTE
NAT-TCR Best Friends Animal Sanctuary 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Plumbing, Inc 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office 13.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-SWY-0005-0005-02462 13.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA.MOUNT.26 - Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE NWI Defense 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sandy Knoll Farms, Inc. 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE McCoys Building Supply-San Angelo 35 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, 2020. 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.