Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges · Iowa
Iowa Plains Signing Inc
Slater, IA · ~184 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Plains Signing Inc runs at 118% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges workplace, earning a grade C.
Iowa Plains Signing Inc: 3.3 TCR = 118% of Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa Plains Signing Inc safety composite
Iowa Plains Signing Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 30%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.31 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Iowa Plains Signing Inc: 3.2 → 4.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.85× in 2024
Iowa Plains Signing Inc's TCR rose 1.7 from 3.2 in 2019 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Slater, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 118% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #35/111
- PHOTO Lehigh Asphalt Pavin…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 38 inj
- SIZE ~184 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction, Co., Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Iowa Plains Signing Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Iowa Plains Signing Inc
3.3 TCR
- Lehigh Asphalt
Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction, Co., Inc.
3.3 TCR
- Delta Asphalt
Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Construction
3.3 TCR
- Forsgren, INC.
Forsgren, INC.
3.3 TCR
- Home
Home
3.3 TCR
What this shows Iowa Plains Signing Inc averages 3.3 TCR (118% of the Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges BLS benchmark).
Iowa Plains Signing Inc TCR series: 2019=3.2 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=3.2 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=2.5 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 2.8
Where Iowa Plains Signing Inc falls in its industry
4,078 Painting lines on highways, st establishmentsSafer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 111 Painting lines on highways, st employers in Iowa.
Iowa Plains Signing Inc has more employees than the Painting lines on highways, streets and 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Slater
4,078 Painting lines on highways, streets and bridges employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Slater, 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 | Lehigh Asphalt Paving & Construction, Co., Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Delta Asphalt of Arkansas Construction | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Forsgren, INC. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Home | 3.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Smithfield Orange City (PPH) Fresh | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0069 - Valley West | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FBG Service Corporation Cedar Rapids | 184 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER | 184 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Slater R&D | 218 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Concrete Construction | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Absolute Group - Residential Division | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Caruth Construction Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Glen Burnie 10136 | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Summers of Fort Wayne, Inc. | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Elkin Feedmill | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lewis Lumber Products INC | 3.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sanofi Genzyme | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverbend | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Banyan Air Services, Inc | 184 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Food Stores 6455 | 184 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.