Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics · Iowa

Medical Associates East

Dubuque, IA · ~281 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Medical Associates East runs at 121% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics workplace, earning a grade D.

Medical Associates East: 4.6 TCR = 121% of Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics BLS 3.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Medical Associates East safety composite

Medical Associates East scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% 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

−2.3

2016→2024

Medical Associates East injury rate improved

Medical Associates East's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.8 in 2016 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 121% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #1/6
  • PHOTO Inova Ambulatory Sur…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 91 inj
  • SIZE ~281 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Inova Ambulatory Surgery Center of Lorton (0.0 TCR gap)

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Medical Associates East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Medical Associates East averages 4.6 TCR (121% of the Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics BLS benchmark).

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

Medical Associates East TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2017=6.3 · 2018=4.1 · 2019=7.6 · 2020=0.5 · 2021=4.2 · 2022=6.6 · 2023=4.7 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Medical Associates East falls in its industry

498 Freestanding ambulatory surgic establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 6 Freestanding ambulatory surgic employers in Iowa.

Medical Associates East (281 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Medical Associates East
Medical Associates East (281 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Medical Associates East has more employees than the Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2024 2.5 0.8 2 4 0
2023 4.7 0.8 11 0 0
2022 6.6 1.3 15 0 0
2021 4.2 0.8 10 0 0
2020 0.5 0.5 1 0 0
2019 7.6 3.0 17 1 0
2018 4.1 0.8 10 0 0
2017 6.3 0.8 15 0 0
2016 4.8 2.4 10 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · IA · Dubuque

498 Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 Inova Ambulatory Surgery Center of Lorton 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tri-State Urologic Services Inc. - Norwood 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MG Ambulatory Care Center 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dearborn Surgery Center LLC 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Nestle Purina Pet Care 280 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 1491 282 FTE
STATE-SIZE American Packaging Corporation Flexographic Center of Excellence 283 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clow Valve Company - Machine Shop 279 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR Point Blank Distributing Eugene 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Larson Oakwood Business Park, LLC 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Abw 1050 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanilac Intermediate School District 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE FirstKey Homes LLC - Corporate 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE NX Automotive Logistics USA, Inc. (MAP) 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenwood Industries 281 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southern Motion Plant 2 281 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.