Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · Iowa

Knutson Construction Midwest

Iowa City, IA · ~70 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Knutson Construction Midwest runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade D.

Knutson Construction Midwest: 4.1 TCR = 143% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Knutson Construction Midwest safety composite

Knutson Construction Midwest scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−3.8

2017→2024

Knutson Construction Midwest injury rate improved

Knutson Construction Midwest's TCR fell 3.8 from 8.8 in 2017 to 5.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 8.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2.0 · 2024=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Iowa City, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 143% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #45/75
  • PHOTO CS NORCAL INC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 25 inj
  • SIZE ~70 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CS NORCAL INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Knutson Construction Midwest in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Knutson Construction Midwest averages 4.1 TCR (143% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

Knutson Construction Midwest TCR series: 2017=8.8 · 2018=3.3 · 2019=5.7 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=1.7 · 2023=2 · 2024=5 · BLS 2.9

Where Knutson Construction Midwest falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #45 safest of 75 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Iowa.

Knutson Construction Midwest (70 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate Knutson Construction Midwest
Knutson Construction Midwest (70 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Knutson Construction Midwest has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 5.0 0.0 2 0 0
2023 2.0 2.0 1 0 0
2022 1.7 0.0 1 0 0
2021 4.3 2.9 3 0 0
2020 2.4 1.2 2 0 0
2019 5.7 1.9 6 0 0
2018 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2017 8.8 3.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IA · Iowa City

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa City, 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 CS NORCAL INC 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR DIVERSIFIED DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC. 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nielsen Builders, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Network Construction Co, Inc. 4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Iowa Falls Office 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE GCI Gladbrook 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Henkel Construction Company 70 FTE
STATE-SIZE Division #25 70 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1918-19187610 29,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010516-P and G Iowa City 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Iowa City 721 FTE
NAT-TCR S05280 - Columbia Hauling 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonebridge Construction, Inc 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Ball Beverage Pkg 179 Wallkill 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE JTS Construction 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Commerce, CA 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Air New Zealand Lax 70 FTE
NAT-SIZE Almetek Industries Inc 70 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.