484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local · Iowa

Dubuque Location

Name: Dubuque Location Workplace Safety Data
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Dubuque, IA · ~43 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.7
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dubuque Location runs at 261% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local workplace, earning a grade F.

Dubuque Location: 11.7 TCR = 261% of 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dubuque Location safety composite

Dubuque Location scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 3%), 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).

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 11.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers
DART rate: F 13.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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 Location: 10.4 → 13.0 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 13.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.11× in 2024

Dubuque Location's TCR rose 2.6 from 10.4 in 2023 to 13.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.11× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484220 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 261% of ind

DART 13.0 DART
RANK #13/13
PHOTO HTC Garland
BOOK 2y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HTC Garland (0.0 TCR gap)

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SOUTHWASTE EMP

11.8
Jacksons Energ

11.8
This site

11.7
HTC Garland

11.7
WJ Beitler Co-

11.6

What this shows Dubuque Location averages 11.7 TCR (261% of the 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local BLS benchmark).

Dubuque Location TCR series: 2023=10.4 · 2024=13 · BLS 4.5

Where Dubuque Location falls in its industry

1,130 484220 Specialized Freight (ex establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 484220 Specialized Freight (ex employers in Iowa.

Dubuque Location (43 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 3.4

Dubuque Location has more employees than the 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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
2024	13.0	13.0	5	0	0
2023	10.4	7.8	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484220 · IA · Dubuque

1,130 484220 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	HTC Garland	GARLAND, TX	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SOUTHWASTE EMPLOYMENT- National Western	DENVER, CO	11.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WJ Beitler Co-Stafford	PITTSBURGH, PA	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Jacksons Energy	MERIDIAN, ID	11.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Centrum Valley Farms North	CLARION	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Burlington	BURLINGTON	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Koester Construction Company Incorporated	GRIMES	43 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Commercial Contracting Services	KEOKUK	43 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Dubuque Works	Dubuque	2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE	Dubuque	1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Dubuque	Dubuque	1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc	Dubuque	1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR	Ny700 - Palisades	Blauvelt, NY	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hyatt at Olive 8	Seattle, WA	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Goodwill Store Lambertville	Lambertville, MI	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Bakersfield Branch	Bakersfield, CA	11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Gottlieb Inc.	Pittsburgh, PA	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tasco Plumbing & Mechanical Services	Hialeah, FL	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Composite Energy Technologies	Bristol, RI	43 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ord Cst	Bensenville, IL	43 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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