Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge · Iowa
Quality Traffic Control, Inc.
Des Moines, IA · ~55 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Quality Traffic Control, Inc. runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge workplace, earning a grade D.
Quality Traffic Control, Inc.: 5.2 TCR = 185% of Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Quality Traffic Control, Inc. safety composite
Quality Traffic Control, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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)
- F 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% 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
Quality Traffic Control, Inc.: 0.0 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 16.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Quality Traffic Control, Inc.'s TCR rose 3.3 from 0.0 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 16.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.2 · 185% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #56/111
- PHOTO Gerdan Slipforming, …
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~55 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Gerdan Slipforming, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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Quality Traffic Control, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Quality Traffic Control, Inc.
5.2 TCR
- Gerdan Slipfor
Gerdan Slipforming, Inc
5.2 TCR
- KE Flatwork In
KE Flatwork Inc.
5.2 TCR
- SKC Constructi
SKC Construction Inc.
5.2 TCR
- FSG-CA-Blythe
FSG-CA-Blythe
5.2 TCR
What this shows Quality Traffic Control, Inc. averages 5.2 TCR (185% of the Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge BLS benchmark).
Quality Traffic Control, Inc. TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=11.3 · 2021=2.3 · 2022=16.8 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.8
Where Quality Traffic Control, Inc. falls in its industry
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads establishmentsSafer than 28% 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 #56 safest of 111 Sign erection, highway, roads employers in Iowa.
Quality Traffic Control, Inc. has fewer employees than the Sign erection, highway, roads street or median and a higher 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 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Des Moines
4,078 Sign erection, highway, roads street or bridge employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, 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 | Gerdan Slipforming, Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | KE Flatwork Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SKC Construction Inc. | 5.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | FSG-CA-Blythe | 5.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Oakridge | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | City of Altoona- Streets | 55 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kustom Concrete Pumping | 55 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 6,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MercyOne Des Moines | 3,547 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Moines Methodist Hospital | 3,495 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Minneapolis Mn Harbor Light | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gerdan Slipforming, Inc | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yuba City Unified School District | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greer Steel | 5.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado-Powers Retail | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rolls-Royce High Temperature Composites, Inc. | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Byrom Elementary | 55 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Owens & Minor Columbus | 55 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.