Private colleges (except community or junior college) · Iowa
Luther College
Decorah, IA · ~1,279 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 4.0
- Avg TCR
- 1.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Luther College runs at 288% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Private colleges (except community or junior college) workplace, earning a grade F.
Luther College: 4.0 TCR = 288% of Private colleges (except community or junior college) BLS 1.4 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Luther College safety composite
Luther College scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.03 per 100 workers
Safer than 12% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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
Luther College: 1.9 → 2.8 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.19× in 2023
Luther College's TCR rose 0.9 from 1.9 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 15.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.19× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 611310 · Decorah, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE
Grade F · TCR 4.0 · 288% of ind
- DART 0.8 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO University of Connec…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 91 inj
- SIZE ~1,279 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: University of Connecticut - Hartford County Extension (0.0 TCR gap)
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Luther College in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Vermilion Comm
Vermilion Community College
4.1 TCR
- Riverland Comm
Riverland Community College, Albert Lea MN
4.1 TCR
- This site
Luther College
4 TCR
- University of
University of Connecticut - Hartford County Extension
4 TCR
- Southwestern U
Southwestern University
4 TCR
What this shows Luther College averages 4.0 TCR (288% of the Private colleges (except community or junior college) BLS benchmark).
Luther College TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=1.4 · 2018=2.4 · 2019=2.5 · 2020=1.6 · 2022=15.7 · 2023=2.8 · BLS 1.4
Where Luther College falls in its industry
347 Private colleges (except commu establishmentsSafer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Private colleges (except commu employers in Iowa.
Luther College has more employees than the Private colleges (except community or ju median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 15.7 | 1.7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
611310 · IA · Decorah
347 Private colleges (except community or junior college) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 38 employers in Decorah, 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 | University of Connecticut - Hartford County Extension | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Vermilion Community College | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Southwestern University | 4.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Riverland Community College, Albert Lea MN | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Mary Greeley Medical Center | 1,277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MercyOne Dubuque | 1,285 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE | 1,296 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Louisa County Plant | 1,248 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decorah Human Services | 575 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Decorah Store | 575 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WinnMed | 557 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Winneshiek Medical Center | 478 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Glanbia Blackfoot Cheese Plant | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ihop 3391 | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Fraser Joyce | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | VF - Lodi | 4.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fox Valley Technical College (WI) | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - IAH1 | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | AdventHealth Sebring | 1,279 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | White Bear Lake Area Schools | 1,280 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.