Casino hotels · Iowa
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel
Altoona, IA · ~877 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.0
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel runs at 158% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Casino hotels workplace, earning a grade D.
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel: 4.8 TCR = 158% of Casino hotels BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel safety composite
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 13%), 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).
25/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 4.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 20% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.97 per 100 workers
Safer than 13% 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%).
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel held a steady TCR band
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel's TCR held near 0.3 from 4.6 in 2023 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=4.6 · 2024=4.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 721120 · Altoona, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 158% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #10/10
- PHOTO Gold Dust West Elko
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 67 inj
- SIZE ~877 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gold Dust West Elko (0.0 TCR gap)
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Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel
4.8 TCR
- MGM National H
MGM National Harbor
4.8 TCR
- Gold Dust West
Gold Dust West Elko
4.7 TCR
- Win-River Reso
Win-River Resort and Casino
4.7 TCR
- Magnolia Bluff
Magnolia Bluffs Casino Hotel
4.7 TCR
What this shows Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel averages 4.8 TCR (158% of the Casino hotels BLS benchmark).
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel TCR series: 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 3.0
Where Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel falls in its industry
381 Casino hotels establishmentsSafer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 10 Casino hotels employers in Iowa.
Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel has more employees than the Casino hotels median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. 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 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
721120 · IA · Altoona
381 Casino hotels 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Gold Dust West Elko | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Win-River Resort and Casino | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Magnolia Bluffs Casino Hotel | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MGM National Harbor | 4.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DES MOINES (IADES) | 878 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carleton Life Support Systems | 874 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cobham Mission Systems Davenport LSS INC | 870 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Forest City | 866 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casion | 1,043 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adventureland Resort | 1,040 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Inc. | 965 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Adventure Lands of America, Inc. | 526 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Westside Garden Plaza | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | STS Ranch LLC | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JDS Industries | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gottlieb Inc. | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | LGI Homes Corporate, LLC | 877 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Horseshoe Indianapolis | 877 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Total Facility Solutions | 877 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Textron Aviation- CSC Wichita | 877 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.