Housing, single-family, construction general contractors · Iowa

Little Kading Construction Company Inc

Name: Little Kading Construction Company Inc Workplace Safety Data
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Urbandale, IA · ~50 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.2
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Little Kading Construction Company Inc runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Housing, single-family, construction general contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Little Kading Construction Company Inc: 6.2 TCR = 163% of Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Little Kading Construction Company Inc safety composite

Little Kading Construction Company Inc scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.71 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% 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%).

TCR Δ

−7.0

2017→2019

Little Kading Construction Company Inc injury rate improved

Little Kading Construction Company Inc's TCR fell 7.0 from 9.7 in 2017 to 2.7 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.7 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.7 · 2019=2.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236115 · Urbandale, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 163% of ind

DART 2.7 DART
RANK #4/7
PHOTO Carmel Building & De…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 5 inj
SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carmel Building & Design Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Little Kading Construction Company Inc averages 6.2 TCR (163% of the Housing, single-family, construction general contractors BLS benchmark).

Little Kading Construction Company Inc TCR series: 2017=9.7 · 2019=2.7 · BLS 3.8

Where Little Kading Construction Company Inc falls in its industry

976 Housing, single-family, constr establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Housing, single-family, constr employers in Iowa.

Little Kading Construction Company Inc (50 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 48 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Little Kading Construction Company Inc has more 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
2019	2.7	2.7	1	0	0
2017	9.7	7.3	4	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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Carmel Building & Design Inc.	CARMEL, CA	6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rotherham Construction Inc	BOZEMAN, MT	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	New Phase Construction	REDDICK, FL	6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Southern Living Contractors, Inc	FORT MYERS, FL	6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sioux Jerseys, LLP	SALIX	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	SEABOARD FOODS LP IOWA ADMIN	AMES	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Brenneman Pork, LLLP	WASHINGTON	50 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc.	LAWLER	50 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISG Urbandale	Urbandale	786 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Quality Manufacturing Corporation	Urbandale	612 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mosaic Urbandale/Nevada	Urbandale	363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	URBANDALE IA	Urbandale	352 FTE
NAT-TCR	Point Five Windows Inc.	Fort Collins, CO	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tops 601	Erie, PA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Maple Press Distribution Center MJDC	Mount Joy, PA	6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	5472-Swy 0035 2797	Olney, MD	6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	RPM Diesel Engine Co	Fort Lauderdale, FL	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brm Wgs	Milwaukie, OR	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RESA Power - Cicero	Cicero, NY	50 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Glade Spring Service Center	Glade Spring, VA	50 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: 2019, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.