Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) · Iowa
River City Paving
Dubuque, IA · ~54 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
River City Paving runs at 179% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) workplace, earning a grade D.
River City Paving: 5.0 TCR = 179% of Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
River City Paving safety composite
River City Paving scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).
30/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.02 per 100 workers
Safer than 29% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.19 per 100 workers
Safer than 14% 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
River City Paving: 2.4 → 6.9 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 12.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.03× in 2024
River City Paving's TCR rose 4.6 from 2.4 in 2017 to 6.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 12.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.03× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 179% of ind
- DART 5.2 DART
- RANK #53/111
- PHOTO R.S. Audley, Inc.
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 20 inj
- SIZE ~54 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: R.S. Audley, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)
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River City Paving in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
River City Paving
5 TCR
- R.S. Audley, I
R.S. Audley, Inc.
5 TCR
- EGA Division
EGA Division
5 TCR
- HICKORY HOLLOW
HICKORY HOLLOW PKWY - CNS202
5 TCR
- Mayo Construct
Mayo Construction
5 TCR
What this shows River City Paving averages 5.0 TCR (179% of the Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) BLS benchmark).
River City Paving TCR series: 2017=2.4 · 2018=12 · 2019=6.2 · 2020=3.6 · 2021=4.8 · 2022=1.3 · 2023=3 · 2024=6.9 · BLS 2.8
Where River City Paving falls in its industry
4,078 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, establishmentsSafer than 29% 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 #53 safest of 111 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, employers in Iowa.
River City Paving has fewer employees than the Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, str 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 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Dubuque
4,078 Asphalt paving (i.e., highway, road, street, public sidewalk) 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 | R.S. Audley, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | EGA Division | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | HICKORY HOLLOW PKWY - CNS202 | 5.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mayo Construction | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Daybreak Foods Inc. - Graettinger | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Fort Dodge Service Center | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Prairie Creek Plant | 54 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Bettendorf Service Center | 54 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 | R.C. Fabricators, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Glastonbury Store | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Book Fairs - Nashville | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Family Carpet Outlet, Inc. | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Koppers Roanoke | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Patriot Towers, Inc. | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Alexander Nissan | 54 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Freeman Harvesting | 54 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.