Bridge construction · Iowa

Graves Construction Co., Inc.

Spencer, IA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Graves Construction Co., Inc. runs at 166% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Bridge construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Graves Construction Co., Inc.: 4.6 TCR = 166% of Bridge construction BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Graves Construction Co., Inc. safety composite

Graves Construction Co., Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 21%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.64 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2018→2024

Graves Construction Co., Inc. injury rate improved

Graves Construction Co., Inc.'s TCR fell 2.3 from 6.2 in 2018 to 3.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 8.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.2 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 166% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #51/111
  • PHOTO DiNatale Constructio…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DiNatale Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Graves Construction Co., Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Graves Construction Co., Inc. averages 4.6 TCR (166% of the Bridge construction BLS benchmark).

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

Graves Construction Co., Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.2 · 2022=0 · 2023=8.6 · 2024=3.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Graves Construction Co., Inc. falls in its industry

4,078 Bridge construction establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #51 safest of 111 Bridge construction employers in Iowa.

Graves Construction Co., Inc. (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Graves Construction Co., Inc.
Graves Construction Co., Inc. (29 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Graves Construction Co., Inc. has fewer employees than the Bridge construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 3.8 3.8 1 0 0
2023 8.6 2.9 3 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.2 3.1 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IA · Spencer

4,078 Bridge construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, 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 DiNatale Construction, Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross Prestressed Concrete Bristol 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ozark Safety Services, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Kilian Corporation 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML Forest City 0016 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Valley Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnold Motor Supply 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Hospital 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Municipal Hospital 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2714 221 FTE
NAT-TCR Redding Police Department 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mission Linen Supply Modesto 4805 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR HTH Building Services Inc. 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Granite Valley 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Mitsubishi Electric US Inc.-14 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frenchman Hills 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE PS Ambulatory Services @ Southampton 29 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, 2022, 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.