Academies, college or university · Iowa

Polk County Extension

Name: Polk County Extension Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Altoona, IA · ~38 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 0.0
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Polk County Extension runs at 0% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade C.

Polk County Extension: 0.0 TCR = 0% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polk County Extension safety composite

Polk County Extension scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

83/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0 per 100 workers

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

Safer than 85% 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%).

Polk County Extension held a steady TCR band

Polk County Extension's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.0 TCR.

2016=0.0 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Altoona, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 0.0 · 0% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #0/10
PHOTO South Central Colleg…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 0 inj
SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: South Central College - Faribault Campus (0.1 TCR gap)

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Ivy Tech Commu

0.2
South Central

0.1
Swarthmore Col

0.1
B4 South Bend

0.1
This site

0

What this shows Polk County Extension averages 0.0 TCR (0% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

Polk County Extension TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · BLS 1.4

Where Polk County Extension falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #0 safest of 10 Academies, college or universi employers in Iowa.

Polk County Extension (38 employees, TCR 0.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Polk County Extension has fewer employees than the Academies, college or university median and a lower 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · IA · Altoona

347 Academies, college or university employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 52 employers in Altoona, 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	South Central College - Faribault Campus	FARIBAULT, MN	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Swarthmore College	SWARTHMORE, PA	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	B4 South Bend - South Bend/Elkhart Campus	SOUTH BEND, IN	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Systems Office	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	0.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2050-Clarion, IA	CLARION	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waukon Feed Ranch Agronomy Center	WAUKON	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City of Ames - Electric Production	AMES	38 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rognes Corp	ANKENY	38 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casion	Altoona	1,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Adventureland Resort	Altoona	1,040 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Inc.	Altoona	965 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel	Altoona	877 FTE
NAT-TCR	Aviation Other : Virtual Employee Roll-Up Site	Cincinnati, OH	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	AZ-01	Phoenix, AZ	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	CT-02	Stamford, CT	0.0 TCR
NAT-TCR	NJ-05	Ewing Township, NJ	0.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE	RailWorks Transit 2nd Avenue	New York, NY	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Bloomfield LLC	Bloomfield, MO	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	120 Rider Avenue PCH Operating Company, LP	Lancaster, PA	38 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Skyline Surgery Center	Pocatello, ID	38 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: 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.