Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) · Iowa
Owen Contracting, Inc.
Cedar Falls, IA · ~31 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Owen Contracting, Inc. runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) workplace, earning a grade B.
Owen Contracting, Inc.: 1.5 TCR = 55% of Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Owen Contracting, Inc. safety composite
Owen Contracting, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.54 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.84 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Owen Contracting, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.8 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.84× in 2024
Owen Contracting, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.8 from 0.0 in 2021 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Cedar Falls, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 55% of ind
- DART 2.8 DART
- RANK #15/111
- PHOTO APAC-Central NWA Con…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~31 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: APAC-Central NWA Construction (0.0 TCR gap)
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Owen Contracting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Owen Contracting, Inc.
1.5 TCR
- APAC-Central N
APAC-Central NWA Construction
1.5 TCR
- Tri-Star Const
Tri-Star Construction LLC
1.5 TCR
- 104807 - T2790
104807 - T2790 US 1 Digouts
1.5 TCR
- Bizzack Constr
Bizzack Construction
1.5 TCR
What this shows Owen Contracting, Inc. averages 1.5 TCR (55% of the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS benchmark).
Owen Contracting, Inc. TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.8
Where Owen Contracting, Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 111 Concrete paving (i.e., highway employers in Iowa.
Owen Contracting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, st median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Cedar Falls
4,078 Concrete paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, 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 | APAC-Central NWA Construction | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Tri-Star Construction LLC | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 104807 - T2790 US 1 Digouts | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bizzack Construction | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MBS Genetics, LLC | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa | 31 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oelwein | 31 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center | 1,508 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0590 - Cedar Falls DC | 936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Home Services | 752 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Altoona | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Sodexo at Discover Fin Svcs Riverwoods | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Crane Construction Company | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Reichenbach Ceiling & Partition Co. | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Store 086 | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | TLGowin Corporate | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Accubilt Automated Systems LLC | 31 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Middletown | 31 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.