Government - Transportation · Iowa

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation

Ankeny, IA · ~269 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Government - Transportation workplace, earning a grade D.

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation: 3.9 TCR = 122% of Government - Transportation BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation safety composite

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−4.5

2019→2021

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation injury rate improved

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation's TCR fell 4.5 from 6.6 in 2019 to 2.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.6 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.6 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 122% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #8/15
  • PHOTO 504 AIRPORT, GMIA, T…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~269 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 504 AIRPORT, GMIA, TIMMERMAN (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation averages 3.9 TCR (122% of the Government - Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation TCR series: 2019=6.6 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=2.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation falls in its industry

208 Government - Transportation establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

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 15 Government - Transportation employers in Iowa.

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation (269 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation
Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation (269 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Iowa DOT - Bureau Of Investigation has more employees than the Government - Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2021 2.1 1.3 5 0 0
2020 2.9 0.8 7 0 0
2019 6.6 4.5 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · IA · Ankeny

208 Government - Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 504 AIRPORT, GMIA, TIMMERMAN 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR CO Portable Scales 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maryland State Highway Administration Hagerstown 3.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (49) 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Collis INC 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dethmers Mfg Co 269 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-29 270 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clysar, LLC 270 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Clover Farms Transportation Reading 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Lahey Outpatient Center Danvers 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Elizabeth Healthcare and Rehabilitation 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Sutter Coast Hospital (410-041) 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tri-Star Skyline Madison Behavioral Campus 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE SCHOTT Gemtron 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mission Foods - Houston Plant 269 FTE
NAT-SIZE Construction Innovations 269 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.