HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION · Iowa

Independence Plant

Name: Independence Plant Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Independence, IA · ~244 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 2.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Independence Plant runs at 145% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION workplace, earning a grade D.

Independence Plant: 4.1 TCR = 145% of HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Plant safety composite

Independence Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−3.1

2017→2024

Independence Plant injury rate improved

Independence Plant's TCR fell 3.1 from 3.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 11.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.1 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=11.0 · 2021=11.4 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237310 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 145% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #43/111
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INJ 21 inj
SIZE ~244 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Elmers Crane and Dozer Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Independence Plant averages 4.1 TCR (145% of the HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BLS benchmark).

Independence Plant TCR series: 2017=3.1 · 2018=2.2 · 2019=0.8 · 2020=11 · 2021=11.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Independence Plant falls in its industry

4,078 HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONS establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #43 safest of 111 HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONS employers in Iowa.

Independence Plant (244 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Independence Plant has more employees than the HIGHWAY STREET AND 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0
2023	0.0	0.0	0	0
2021	11.4	10.7	2	13
2020	11.0	8.7	7	22
2019	0.8	0.4	2	0
2018	2.2	1.8	5	1
2017	3.1	2.4	5	4

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237310 · IA · Independence

4,078 HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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	Elmers Crane and Dozer Inc	TRAVERSE CITY, MI	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Exclusive Construction	NORTH POLE, AK	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wm Mueller & Sons Inc	HAMBURG, MN	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Callahan Paving Corp.	SYOSSET, NY	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Todd & Sargent	AMES	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1771 - Cedar Rapids South	CEDAR RAPIDS	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Camp Dodge	JOHNSTON	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Urbandale Business Center	URBANDALE	245 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Indepedence Store	Independence	524 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO	Independence	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center	Independence	260 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Blue Independence Iowa	Independence	215 FTE
NAT-TCR	230009 - Centerville Store	Centerville, OH	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Empire Distributors, Inc	Austell, GA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Belmont Village Lincoln Park	Chicago, IL	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	TEAM Industries	Park Rapids, MN	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	The McPherson Companies, Inc.	Trussville, AL	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Thule Group	Seymour, CT	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Sun Valley Hauling	Sun Valley, CA	244 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Emerald Heights	Redmond, WA	244 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.