Water treatment and distribution · Iowa

Iowa Lakes Regional Water

Spencer, IA · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Lakes Regional Water runs at 1062% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade F.

Iowa Lakes Regional Water: 12.7 TCR = 1062% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Lakes Regional Water safety composite

Iowa Lakes Regional Water scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−6.8

2021→2024

Iowa Lakes Regional Water injury rate improved

Iowa Lakes Regional Water's TCR fell 6.8 from 14.3 in 2021 to 7.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=14.3 · 2022=14.1 · 2023=15.0 · 2024=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.7 · 1062% of ind

  • DART 3.8 DART
  • RANK #16/18
  • PHOTO Office
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Office (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa Lakes Regional Water in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Lakes Regional Water averages 12.7 TCR (1062% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Lakes Regional Water TCR series: 2021=14.3 · 2022=14.1 · 2023=15 · 2024=7.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Iowa Lakes Regional Water falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 18 Water treatment and distributi employers in Iowa.

Iowa Lakes Regional Water (32 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Lakes Regional Water
Iowa Lakes Regional Water (32 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

Iowa Lakes Regional Water has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 7.6 3.8 2 0 0
2023 15.0 3.7 4 0 0
2022 14.1 3.5 4 0 0
2021 14.3 8.6 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IA · Spencer

727 Water treatment and distribution 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 Office 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Saginaw Water Treatment Plant 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Goshen Water & Sewer 12.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bennett & Bennett, Inc. (Lemoore) 12.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE GSC Agribusiness 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery Department- Fuss Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley North 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington 32 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 T.R. Orr, Inc. 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR ISSC INC DBA SEAPORT STEEL - Vancouver 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NV036LAS 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Felker Brothers Corporation 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Living Contractors, Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE McFarlane's Bark Inc 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE York 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Piedmont Automotive Products Inc.- Dahlonega 32 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, 2021. 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.