Nature centers · Iowa

Dubuque County Conservation

Peosta, IA · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dubuque County Conservation runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Nature centers workplace, earning a grade D.

Dubuque County Conservation: 4.9 TCR = 157% of Nature centers BLS 3.1 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dubuque County Conservation safety composite

Dubuque County Conservation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−13.0

2016→2019

Dubuque County Conservation injury rate improved

Dubuque County Conservation's TCR fell 13.0 from 13.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712190 · Peosta, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.9 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #4/8
  • PHOTO ICNC Amazing Space
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ICNC Amazing Space (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dubuque County Conservation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dubuque County Conservation averages 4.9 TCR (157% of the Nature centers BLS benchmark).

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

Dubuque County Conservation TCR series: 2016=13 · 2017=0 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.1

Where Dubuque County Conservation falls in its industry

126 Nature centers establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Nature centers employers in Iowa.

Dubuque County Conservation (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Dubuque County Conservation
Dubuque County Conservation (27 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 6.7

Dubuque County Conservation has fewer employees than the Nature centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.7. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.5 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 13.0 6.5 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712190 · IA · Peosta

126 Nature centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 20 employers in Peosta, 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 ICNC Amazing Space 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prospect Park Alliance 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Charles Park District 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Public Works 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Construction Services, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mi-T-M Corporation 378 FTE
CITY-NEAR Bodine Electric Company 276 FTE
CITY-NEAR Premier Tooling & Manufacturing, Inc. 230 FTE
CITY-NEAR CB Peosta 176 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Life Center Corporation 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lehigh Lansdale - Lansdale 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Johnson Mathers Nursing Home 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Grace Living Center-Mangum 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (PXH-6368) 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sacramento Ca (E El Camino Ave) Depot 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Best Supply Columbus 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Transportation 27 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: 2019, 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.