Employer · Iowa

S04145 - IA Independence

Independence, IA · ~23 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04145 - IA Independence runs at 198% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04145 - IA Independence: 5.1 TCR = 198% of industry BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04145 - IA Independence safety composite

S04145 - IA Independence scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

S04145 - IA Independence held a steady TCR band

S04145 - IA Independence's TCR held near 0.2 from 5.1 in 2020 to 5.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=5.1 · 2023=5.0 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.1 · 198% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #11/24
  • PHOTO Central Kentucky Hau…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Kentucky Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04145 - IA Independence in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows S04145 - IA Independence averages 5.1 TCR (198% of the industry BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

S04145 - IA Independence TCR series: 2020=5.1 · 2023=5 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 2.6

Where S04145 - IA Independence falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 24 industry employers in Iowa.

S04145 - IA Independence (23 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S04145 - IA Independence
S04145 - IA Independence (23 employees, TCR 5.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04145 - IA Independence has fewer employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 5.3 5.3 1 0 0
2023 5.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 5.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Independence

2,322 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Central Kentucky Hauling 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR La Mesa Operations 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Transwaste Warner Robins 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03288 - Lewisburg Hauling 5.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Remsen Farmers Coop 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE M L Kapp Power Station 2 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marshalltown Gen Station 23 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Ames - Electric Distribution 23 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indepedence Store 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR INDEPENDENCE PLANT 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Val Verde Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR SPI-Fab Shop Anderson 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Anvil Cases - CA 5.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1154 5.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fresenius Kabi, LLC - North Las Vegas Distribution Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midway Service Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE ZALL Enterprises Inc. dba AAA Countertops 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE 112-Three Rivers 23 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: 2024, 2023, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.