Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis · Iowa
Life Line Emergency Vehicles
Sumner, IA · ~176 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 8.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Life Line Emergency Vehicles runs at 267% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade F.
Life Line Emergency Vehicles: 8.8 TCR = 267% of Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Life Line Emergency Vehicles safety composite
Life Line Emergency Vehicles scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 19%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 8.82 per 100 workers
Safer than 19% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.43 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
−0.7
2017→2024
Life Line Emergency Vehicles injury rate improved
Life Line Emergency Vehicles's TCR fell 0.7 from 7.0 in 2017 to 6.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=7.0 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=6.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 336211 · Sumner, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 8.8 · 267% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #19/21
- PHOTO Heritage Truck Equip…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 90 inj
- SIZE ~176 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Heritage Truck Equipment, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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Life Line Emergency Vehicles in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- HilArk Industr
HilArk Industries
8.9 TCR
- Crysteel Mfg I
Crysteel Mfg Inc. (Truck Bodies & Equipment International, Lake Crystal
8.9 TCR
- Kidron
Kidron
8.9 TCR
- This site
Life Line Emergency Vehicles
8.8 TCR
- Heritage Truck
Heritage Truck Equipment, Inc.
8.8 TCR
What this shows Life Line Emergency Vehicles averages 8.8 TCR (267% of the Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).
Life Line Emergency Vehicles TCR series: 2017=7 · 2018=13.4 · 2019=9.8 · 2020=9.4 · 2021=8.5 · 2022=9.8 · 2023=6.3 · 2024=6.3 · BLS 3.3
Where Life Line Emergency Vehicles falls in its industry
470 Ambulances assembling on purch establishmentsSafer than 19% 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 #19 safest of 21 Ambulances assembling on purch employers in Iowa.
Life Line Emergency Vehicles has more employees than the Ambulances assembling on purchased chass median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13.4 | 3.7 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
336211 · IA · Sumner
470 Ambulances assembling on purchased chassis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 4 employers in Sumner, 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 | Heritage Truck Equipment, Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HilArk Industries | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Crysteel Mfg Inc. (Truck Bodies & Equipment International, Lake Crystal | 8.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kidron | 8.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Trustile Doors - Northwood | 176 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MacArthur Company-Energy Panel Structures IA | 176 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MacArthur Company - Energy Panel Structures IA | 176 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins (Bellevue IA) | 176 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hillcrest | 91 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | HILLCREST HOME INC | 90 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Southwood Sow Unit | 29 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Arrow Shed, LLC - Breese | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Clinch Valley Community Action, Inc. | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Millwood, Inc. Tompkinsville | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Wells Concrete Products-Albany | 8.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Anoka County Community Action Program, Inc. | 176 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Aguadilla | 176 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Kenyon Plastering of Stockton, Inc. | 176 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | UMLasPalmas924 | 176 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.