Correctional institutions · Iowa
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison, IA · ~486 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa State Penitentiary runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Correctional institutions workplace, earning a grade D.
Iowa State Penitentiary: 4.3 TCR = 134% of Correctional institutions BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa State Penitentiary safety composite
Iowa State Penitentiary scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 54%), 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).
61/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 63% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.76 per 100 workers
Safer than 65% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 54% 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 State Penitentiary: 2.4 → 3.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 8.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2024
Iowa State Penitentiary's TCR rose 0.6 from 2.4 in 2016 to 3.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 8.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922140 · Fort Madison, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 134% of ind
- DART 1.8 DART
- RANK #8/23
- PHOTO Dept. of Corrections…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~486 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Dept. of Corrections (31) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Iowa State Penitentiary in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Iowa State Penitentiary
4.3 TCR
- Dept. of Corre
Dept. of Corrections (31)
4.3 TCR
- Minnesota Corr
Minnesota Correctional Facility-Willow River
4.3 TCR
- Sheriff's Depa
Sheriff's Department
4.3 TCR
- Lunenburg Corr
Lunenburg Correctional Center
4.3 TCR
What this shows Iowa State Penitentiary averages 4.3 TCR (134% of the Correctional institutions BLS benchmark).
Iowa State Penitentiary TCR series: 2016=2.4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.9 · 2019=2.1 · 2020=8.5 · 2022=5.2 · 2024=3 · BLS 3.2
Where Iowa State Penitentiary falls in its industry
482 Correctional institutions establishmentsSafer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 23 Correctional institutions employers in Iowa.
Iowa State Penitentiary has more employees than the Correctional institutions median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922140 · IA · Fort Madison
482 Correctional institutions employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 32 employers in Fort Madison, 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 | Dept. of Corrections (31) | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Minnesota Correctional Facility-Willow River | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sheriff's Department | 4.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lunenburg Correctional Center | 4.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer Johnston Campus - JH60 Franklin | 486 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nestle Purina PetCare | 486 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Dubuque - Public Works | 486 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pella Corporation Carroll Site | 485 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Madison, IA | 554 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Madison Community Hospital | 428 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | The Scotts Company - Fort Madison | 325 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Fort Madison Plant | 148 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sweet Specialty Solutions | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Superior Electric of Lansing, Inc. | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Location 24 | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Total Concrete Services Inc | 4.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Saint Augustine | 486 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Lear Corporation - Building 100 | 486 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Oceaneering International - Advanced Technologies Hanover | 486 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scalamandre Construction | 486 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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