Employer · Iowa

IA031 Dubuque Container

Name: IA031 Dubuque Container Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Dubuque, IA · ~114 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.7
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

IA031 Dubuque Container runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

IA031 Dubuque Container: 3.7 TCR = 112% of industry BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

IA031 Dubuque Container safety composite

IA031 Dubuque Container scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−4.3

2016→2022

IA031 Dubuque Container injury rate improved

IA031 Dubuque Container's TCR fell 4.3 from 5.3 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.3 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=1.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.7 · 112% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #13/15
PHOTO AGE San Benito Plant
BOOK 6y book
INJ 28 inj
SIZE ~114 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AGE San Benito Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dalton Box

3.7
Packaging Serv

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Menasha Packag

3.7

What this shows IA031 Dubuque Container averages 3.7 TCR (112% of the industry BLS benchmark).

IA031 Dubuque Container TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=6.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=1 · BLS 3.3

Where IA031 Dubuque Container falls in its industry

1,338 industry establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 industry employers in Iowa.

IA031 Dubuque Container (114 employees, TCR 3.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

IA031 Dubuque Container has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2022	1.0	0.0	1	0
2020	1.9	1.9	2	0
2019	3.1	3.1	4	0
2018	4.4	3.7	6	0
2017	6.4	6.4	9	0
2016	5.3	4.5	6	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IA · Dubuque

1,338 industry 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	AGE San Benito Plant	SAN BENITO, TX	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dalton Box	DALTON, GA	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Packaging Services of Maryland	WILLIAMSPORT, MD	3.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Menasha Packaging Company - Coloma	COLOMA, MI	3.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hoover's Hatchery	RUDD	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2162-Grinnell, IA-FND (Monsanto Co.)	GRINNELL	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	IFCO Wever IA - BIS	WEVER	114 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Fres-co System USA, Inc	RED OAK	114 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	SSC	Flowood, MS	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Prince Corporation-MFLD	Marshfield, WI	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Pittsburgh Pa Depot	Pittsburgh, PA	3.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rh Carlstadt	Carlstadt, NJ	3.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heater Specialists, LLC	Tulsa, OK	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Eone Ny	Hamburg, NY	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	PCI Austin Interior	Austin, TX	114 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Genesis - Union City (MRU2451)	Union City, CA	114 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: 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.