Transmission and distribution line construction · Iowa

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide

Newton, IA · ~111 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Transmission and distribution line construction workplace, earning a grade D.

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide: 3.4 TCR = 123% of Transmission and distribution line construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide safety composite

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).

D

36/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
F 1.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−1.3

2023→2024

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide injury rate improved

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide's TCR fell 1.3 from 4.1 in 2023 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.1 · 2024=2.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237130 · Newton, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.4 · 123% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK #8/19
  • PHOTO NA-US-MA-Agawam-Silv…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-MA-Agawam-Silver Street (0.0 TCR gap)

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Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide averages 3.4 TCR (123% of the Transmission and distribution line construction BLS benchmark).

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

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide falls in its industry

1,605 Transmission and distribution establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 19 Transmission and distribution employers in Iowa.

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide (111 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 0100200300400500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide
Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide (111 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide has more employees than the Transmission and distribution line const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 2.8 1.8 3 0 0
2023 4.1 2.5 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237130 · IA · Newton

1,605 Transmission and distribution line construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 55 employers in Newton, 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 NA-US-MA-Agawam-Silver Street 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANS:ANWIL - ANWIL-Wilmington, NC 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Harris and Heavener Excavating 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terrell Silicon Ranch 18145013 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE DMAT - Altoona Service Center 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corell Contractor, Inc. 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shaw Electric, Inc. 111 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ashley Industrial Molding - Oelwein 111 FTE
CITY-NEAR TPI Composites LLC IA 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Newton Correctional Facility 863 FTE
CITY-NEAR Progress Industries 239 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 748 229 FTE
NAT-TCR Phoenix North Happy Valley Courtyard 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Retail Merchandising Services 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Honda of Ocala 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Self Regional Healthcare 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Galo Logistics LLC 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE Indigo Wild LLC 111 FTE
NAT-SIZE NG Bellwood Reporting Center 111 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.