Penitentiaries · Iowa
Iowa Medical Classification Center
Coralville, IA · ~474 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Medical Classification Center runs at 345% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Penitentiaries workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 11.0
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 3.2
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 47
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Iowa Medical Classification Center's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 3 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Iowa Medical Classification Center's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 3.2 industry benchmark.
Where Iowa Medical Classification Center falls in its industry
508 Penitentiaries establishmentsSafer than 24% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Penitentiaries employers in Iowa.
Iowa Medical Classification Center has an average TCR of 11.0, which is 345% of the industry average (3.2) for Penitentiaries. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Iowa Medical Classification Center
Between 2020 and 2024, Iowa Medical Classification Center's Total Case Rate improved from 21.2 to 2.7 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 87% decrease across 4 years of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2024, at a TCR of 2.7, while 2020 saw the highest rate, at 21.2, a spread of 18.5 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a wide swing relative to the establishment's overall rate, worth checking the year-by-year table below for whether a single severe year is driving the average, rather than a sustained trend.
Summed across those 3 reporting years, Iowa Medical Classification Center recorded 47 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 3-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Iowa Medical Classification Center's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 922140 - Penitentiaries.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2024)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
7 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 882,483 hours worked = 1.59 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Medical Classification Center (this establishment) | 11.03 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 3-year avg |
| Prisons industry avg | 3.20 | BLS IIF, NAICS 922140 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 5.33 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Iowa Medical Classification Center to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2024: 12 reportable incidents · 12 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 39 reportable incidents · 4 injuries, 35 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2020: 101 reportable incidents · 31 injuries, 70 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 4 | 35 | 0 |
| 2020 | 21.2 | 18.9 | 31 | 70 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Iowa Medical Classification Center's reported OSHA injury record versus its Penitentiaries peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 345% of the Penitentiaries benchmark, Iowa Medical Classification Center reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Penitentiaries sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.