Housing, single-family, construction general contractors · Iowa
Kading Construction Company Inc
Urbandale, IA · ~30 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 14.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Kading Construction Company Inc runs at 390% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Housing, single-family, construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade F.
Kading Construction Company Inc: 14.8 TCR = 390% of Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Kading Construction Company Inc safety composite
Kading Construction Company Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 1%), 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).
15/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 14.83 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 20.35 per 100 workers
Safer than 1% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 50% 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
Kading Construction Company Inc: 17.8 → 20.4 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 20.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.37× in 2023
Kading Construction Company Inc's TCR rose 2.5 from 17.8 in 2020 to 20.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236115 · Urbandale, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 14.8 · 390% of ind
- DART 20.4 DART
- RANK #7/7
- PHOTO Strandberg Construct…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 14 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Strandberg Construction (0.0 TCR gap)
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Kading Construction Company Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- TIS - MA
TIS - MA
14.9 TCR
- This site
Kading Construction Company Inc
14.8 TCR
- Strandberg Con
Strandberg Construction
14.8 TCR
- High Point DBA
High Point DBA Rafael Framers
14.8 TCR
- Hastings Const
Hastings Construction Inc.
14.8 TCR
What this shows Kading Construction Company Inc averages 14.8 TCR (390% of the Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS benchmark).
Kading Construction Company Inc TCR series: 2020=17.8 · 2022=6.3 · 2023=20.4 · BLS 3.8
Where Kading Construction Company Inc falls in its industry
976 Housing, single-family, constr establishmentsSafer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 7 Housing, single-family, constr employers in Iowa.
Kading Construction Company Inc has fewer employees than the Housing, single-family, construction gen median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236115 · IA · Urbandale
976 Housing, single-family, construction general contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 104 employers in Urbandale, 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 | Strandberg Construction | 14.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | High Point DBA Rafael Framers | 14.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | TIS - MA | 14.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hastings Construction Inc. | 14.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's Mount Pleasant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Laborers | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Plant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Office 93 | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISG Urbandale | 786 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Quality Manufacturing Corporation | 612 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mosaic Urbandale/Nevada | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | URBANDALE IA | 352 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Jack in the Box #4408 | 14.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Les Schwab Tire Center-East Wenatchee | 14.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wolftever Healthcare, LLC | 14.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Toledo Engineering LLC - Company All | 14.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Quest Division of TSI | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chernay Printing, Inc. | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Foam Fabricators | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Walters & Wolf Las Vegas | 30 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.