Flatbed trucking, long-distance · Iowa

Mediapolis Terminal

Name: Mediapolis Terminal Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Mediapolis, IA · ~15 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 6.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Mediapolis Terminal runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Flatbed trucking, long-distance workplace, earning a grade D.

Mediapolis Terminal: 6.5 TCR = 144% of Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mediapolis Terminal safety composite

Mediapolis Terminal scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 6.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−12.9

2016→2017

Mediapolis Terminal injury rate improved

Mediapolis Terminal's TCR fell 12.9 from 12.9 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.9 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Mediapolis, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.5 · 144% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #14/15
PHOTO CATOM Trucking Inc
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~15 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CATOM Trucking Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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6.5
CATOM Trucking

6.5
DANA TRANSPORT

6.5
Cardmoore

6.5
Champion Tire

6.4

What this shows Mediapolis Terminal averages 6.5 TCR (144% of the Flatbed trucking, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Mediapolis Terminal TCR series: 2016=12.9 · 2017=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Mediapolis Terminal falls in its industry

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 15 Flatbed trucking, long-distanc employers in Iowa.

Mediapolis Terminal (15 employees, TCR 6.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Mediapolis Terminal has fewer employees than the Flatbed trucking, long-distance median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	12.9	4.3	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IA · Mediapolis

1,026 Flatbed trucking, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Mediapolis, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	CATOM Trucking Inc	GENEVA, IL	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DANA TRANSPORT INC. -DIVISION 2	DEMOPOLIS, AL	6.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Champion Tire and Wheel Inc	CORNELIUS, NC	6.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Cardmoore	CENTRAL POINT, OR	6.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Creston #2)	CRESTON	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwest Underground Contractors Inc.	WALFORD	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Gee Asphalt Systems inc	CEDAR RAPIDS	15 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Blending Facility	MITCHELLVILLE	15 FTE
CITY-NEAR	US Gypsum Sperry	Mediapolis	211 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Afinitas- Mediapolis, Iowa Location	Mediapolis	193 FTE
CITY-NEAR	HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, Inc.	Mediapolis	181 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Azria Health Prairie Ridge	Mediapolis	56 FTE
NAT-TCR	Nashville Trailer Shop (Tntci)	Whites Creek, TN	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Elyria (Ohely)	Elyria, OH	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lawrence (Kslaw)	Lawrence, KS	6.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holland - BR	Birch Run, MI	6.5 TCR

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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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