Plasmapheresis Center · Iowa

Dubuque, IA- BioLife

Dubuque, IA · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Dubuque, IA- BioLife runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade D.

Dubuque, IA- BioLife: 7.4 TCR = 194% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dubuque, IA- BioLife safety composite

Dubuque, IA- BioLife scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.35 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Dubuque, IA- BioLife: 5.2 → 9.5 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 9.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.86× in 2021

Dubuque, IA- BioLife's TCR rose 4.3 from 5.2 in 2020 to 9.5 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.86× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.4 · 194% of ind

  • DART 6.3 DART
  • RANK #30/48
  • PHOTO INSBEN-OPI-SOUTH BEN…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: INSBEN-OPI-SOUTH BEND 518 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dubuque, IA- BioLife in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Dubuque, IA- BioLife averages 7.4 TCR (194% of the Plasmapheresis Center BLS benchmark).

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

Dubuque, IA- BioLife TCR series: 2020=5.2 · 2021=9.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Dubuque, IA- BioLife falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 48 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Iowa.

Dubuque, IA- BioLife (50 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Dubuque, IA- BioLife
Dubuque, IA- BioLife (50 employees, TCR 7.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Dubuque, IA- BioLife has more employees than the Plasmapheresis Center median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2021 9.5 6.3 3 0 0
2020 5.2 5.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IA · Dubuque

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 INSBEN-OPI-SOUTH BEND 518 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Springdale 10268 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battle Creek-20th, MI Biomat 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MNMAPL-OPI-MAPLEWOOD 477 7.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Jerseys, LLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP IOWA ADMIN 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brenneman Pork, LLLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc. 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR Family Dollar (WC USX FAR) 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Teem Wholesale Inc. 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cambridge South Healthcare Center 7.4 TCR
NAT-TCR G2Kyne LLC 7.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sabre Demolition Corporation 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frank's Home Office 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Hall 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Police Department 50 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: 2021, 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.