Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis · Iowa

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard

Name: Palfinger US, Omaha Standard Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Council Bluffs, IA · ~261 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis workplace, earning a grade A.

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard safety composite

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.7 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 51% 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

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard: 0.6 → 1.1 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.65× in 2024

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard's TCR rose 0.5 from 0.6 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 336211 · Council Bluffs, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

DART 0.7 DART
RANK #1/21
PHOTO Skeeter Brush Trucks
BOOK 4y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~261 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skeeter Brush Trucks (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Palfinger US, Omaha Standard averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis BLS benchmark).

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard TCR series: 2021=0.6 · 2022=1.5 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3

Where Palfinger US, Omaha Standard falls in its industry

470 Heavy trucks assembling on pur establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

Grade A

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 21 Heavy trucks assembling on pur employers in Iowa.

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard (261 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 87 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Palfinger US, Omaha Standard has more employees than the Heavy trucks assembling on purchased cha median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. 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
2024	1.1	0.7	3
2023	1.1	1.1	3
2022	1.5	0.4	4
2021	0.6	0.0	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

336211 · IA · Council Bluffs

470 Heavy trucks assembling on purchased chassis employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 165 employers in Council Bluffs, 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	Skeeter Brush Trucks	HILLSBORO, TX	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Plastic Omnium Auto Exteriors LLC-Duncan	DUNCAN, SC	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MG MGA	RYDAL, GA	1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Morgan Truck Body LLC MGA	RYDAL, GA	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Iowa Operations	LAKE MILLS	261 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Construction Products Inc	DES MOINES	261 FTE
STATE-SIZE	M.A. Ford Manufacturing Company Inc.	DAVENPORT	261 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rockwell Collins Decorah Operations	DECORAH	261 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant	Council Bluffs	1,486 FTE
CITY-NEAR	61830022 JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSP	Council Bluffs	903 FTE
CITY-NEAR	6183-61830022	Council Bluffs	804 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Council Bluffs IA	Council Bluffs	742 FTE
NAT-TCR	Pwc Fabrication	Fort Wayne, IN	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	DECCO, Incorporated	Nashua, NH	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Adams Outdoor Advertising	North Charleston, SC	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Skanska Traylor PNB JV / Portal North Bridge 90008590	Harrison, NJ	1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	053 - Waterford	Waterford, MI	261 FTE
NAT-SIZE	137 - Lafayette	Lafayette, IN	261 FTE
NAT-SIZE	141 - Kokomo	Kokomo, IN	261 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mercy Hospital Lincoln	Troy, MO	261 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. 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.