Footing and foundation concrete contractors · Iowa

Foundations Unlimited, Inc.

Kalona, IA · ~18 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. runs at 343% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Footing and foundation concrete contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

Foundations Unlimited, Inc.: 9.6 TCR = 343% of Footing and foundation concrete contractors BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. safety composite

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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

−4.2

2018→2024

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. injury rate improved

Foundations Unlimited, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.2 from 15.5 in 2018 to 11.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 15.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.5 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=5.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=14.1 · 2024=11.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238110 · Kalona, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.6 · 343% of ind

  • DART 5.6 DART
  • RANK #25/32
  • PHOTO Restocon Houston
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Restocon Houston (0.0 TCR gap)

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Foundations Unlimited, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Foundations Unlimited, Inc. averages 9.6 TCR (343% of the Footing and foundation concrete contractors BLS benchmark).

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

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. TCR series: 2018=15.5 · 2019=15.2 · 2020=5 · 2021=0 · 2022=6.2 · 2023=14.1 · 2024=11.3 · BLS 2.8

Where Foundations Unlimited, Inc. falls in its industry

1,314 Footing and foundation concret establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 32 Footing and foundation concret employers in Iowa.

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Foundations Unlimited, Inc.
Foundations Unlimited, Inc. (18 employees, TCR 9.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 64 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Foundations Unlimited, Inc. has fewer employees than the Footing and foundation concrete contract median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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 11.3 5.6 2 0 0
2023 14.1 4.7 3 0 0
2022 6.2 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 5.0 5.0 1 0 0
2019 15.2 15.2 3 0 0
2018 15.5 5.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238110 · IA · Kalona

1,314 Footing and foundation concrete contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Kalona, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Restocon Houston 9.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SA Structural Repair LLC 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR American Construction & Engineering Co 9.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR TR Concrete, Inc. 9.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatteras 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Pork 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Orange City OCY1 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE River City Stone 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview Home 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Engineered Plastic Components INC 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR CIVCO Medical Solutions - Manufacturing 115 FTE
NAT-TCR 007000 Atlanta-Whse 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Knouse Fruitlands, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Coastal Windows, Inc. 9.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Coastal Commercial Roofing Co Inc 9.6 TCR

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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.