Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing · Iowa

Dubuque Operations

Name: Dubuque Operations Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dubuque, IA · ~223 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Dubuque Operations runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Dubuque Operations: 3.6 TCR = 110% of Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Dubuque Operations safety composite

Dubuque Operations scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 3.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 77% 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

−1.9

2016→2017

Dubuque Operations injury rate improved

Dubuque Operations's TCR fell 1.9 from 4.6 in 2016 to 2.7 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.6 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.6 · 2017=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 337121 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 110% of ind

DART 0.5 DART
RANK #3/4
PHOTO Southern Motion Plan…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~223 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Southern Motion Plant 1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Dubuque Operations averages 3.6 TCR (110% of the Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Dubuque Operations TCR series: 2016=4.6 · 2017=2.7 · BLS 3.3

Where Dubuque Operations falls in its industry

300 Household-type furniture, upho establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Household-type furniture, upho employers in Iowa.

Dubuque Operations (223 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 130 employees and a TCR of 4.5

Dubuque Operations has more employees than the Household-type furniture, upholstered, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2017	2.7	0.5	5	0	0
2016	4.6	4.6	9	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

337121 · IA · Dubuque

300 Household-type furniture, upholstered, manufacturing 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	Southern Motion Plant 1	PONTOTOC, MS	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Serta Simmons Bedding Phoenix Plant	TOLLESON, AZ	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Egg Collective	NEW YORK, NY	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Century Classic Plant 12	CONOVER, NC	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Oak View Farms LLC	LAWLER	223 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 1625	LE MARS	223 FTE
STATE-SIZE	C. J. Moyna & Sons, LLC	ELKADER	222 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp	MASON CITY	224 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	Giles J. Cannon, Inc.	Collingdale, PA	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Newark Airport (Njnew)	Newark, NJ	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Heartland Health Care Center - Dearborn Heights	Dearborn Heights, MI	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	New Kingstown Terminal-NON DOT	New Kingston, PA	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Sapona Manufacturing Company, Inc.	Franklinville, NC	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metalex - North	Libertyville, IL	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	VF Jeanswear Luray DC	Luray, VA	223 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Power Cartersville Plant	Cartersville, GA	223 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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