Correctional institutions · Iowa
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility
Fort Dodge, IA · ~452 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.5
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade F.
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility: 8.5 TCR = 267% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility safety composite
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 8.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 42% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility: 1.7 → 5.9 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 26.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.45× in 2024
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility's TCR rose 4.2 from 1.7 in 2016 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 26.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.45× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922140 · Fort Dodge, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 267% of ind
- DART 3.8 DART
- RANK #17/23
- PHOTO Jerome Combs Detenti…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 81 inj
- SIZE ~452 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Jerome Combs Detention Center (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fort Dodge Correctional Facility in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Ionia Correcti
Ionia Correctional Facility
8.7 TCR
- State of Calif
State of California - 048
8.7 TCR
- Jerome Combs D
Jerome Combs Detention Center
8.6 TCR
- This site
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility
8.5 TCR
- Lawrence Corre
Lawrence Correctional Center
8.4 TCR
What this shows Fort Dodge Correctional Facility averages 8.5 TCR (267% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility TCR series: 2016=1.7 · 2017=1.7 · 2018=2 · 2020=20.9 · 2021=26 · 2022=5.9 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.2
Where Fort Dodge Correctional Facility falls in its industry
482 Correctional institutions establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 23 Correctional institutions employers in Iowa.
Fort Dodge Correctional Facility has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.9 | 2.5 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 26.0 | 13.0 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 2020 | 20.9 | 19.7 | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922140 · IA · Fort Dodge
482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 | Jerome Combs Detention Center | 8.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lawrence Correctional Center | 8.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ionia Correctional Facility | 8.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | State of California - 048 | 8.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oral-B Laboratories G.P. | 452 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | GPC - Muscatine | 453 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Packaged Meats-LLC | 453 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | PMX Industries, Inc. | 451 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center | 790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center | 648 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Dodge Terminal | 539 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Elanco Fort Dodge | 434 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Midnight Harvest | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | US Foods Cincinnati | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Southern Pipe, Inc | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pioneer Cabinetry Inc. | 8.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | South Port Square | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orora Visual LLC | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Faribault Foods LLC | 452 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Novi | 452 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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