Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · Iowa
Portzen Construction Inc.
Dubuque, IA · ~150 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Portzen Construction Inc. runs at 258% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade F.
Portzen Construction Inc.: 7.5 TCR = 258% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Portzen Construction Inc. safety composite
Portzen Construction Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 7.47 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.21 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% 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%).
TCR Δ
−0.5
2023→2024
Portzen Construction Inc. injury rate improved
Portzen Construction Inc.'s TCR fell 0.5 from 7.7 in 2023 to 7.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=7.7 · 2024=7.2
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.5 · 258% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #60/75
- PHOTO Seidel Construction
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 23 inj
- SIZE ~150 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Seidel Construction (0.0 TCR gap)
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Portzen Construction Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Portzen Construction Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Seidel Constru
Seidel Construction
7.5 TCR
- Martel Constru
Martel Construction, Inc.
7.5 TCR
- Mid-Continenti
Mid-Continential Carpentry, LLC
7.5 TCR
- Sessler, Inc
Sessler, Inc
7.5 TCR
What this shows Portzen Construction Inc. averages 7.5 TCR (258% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).
Portzen Construction Inc. TCR series: 2023=7.7 · 2024=7.2 · BLS 2.9
Where Portzen Construction Inc. falls in its industry
4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 75 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Iowa.
Portzen Construction Inc. has more employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · IA · Dubuque
4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building 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 | Seidel Construction | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Martel Construction, Inc. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mid-Continential Carpentry, LLC | 7.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sessler, Inc | 7.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DUBUQUE IA PLANT | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | The Printer Inc | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Mechdyne Corporation | 150 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Vizient Manufacturing Solutions, Inc. | 150 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 | Bungay School | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Fillmore Central High School | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | AB Safe Haven | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spruill Ave. | 7.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Giant Food Stores 6093 | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Martins Food Markets 6525 | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main | 150 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | White Oak Manor Kings Mountain | 150 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.