Radio and television tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing · Iowa
Sabre Towers and Poles
Sioux City, IA · ~253 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sabre Towers and Poles runs at 87% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Radio and television tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Sabre Towers and Poles: 2.9 TCR = 87% of Radio and television tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sabre Towers and Poles safety composite
Sabre Towers and Poles scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 69% 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).
51/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.88 per 100 workers
Safer than 69% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 3.32 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Sabre Towers and Poles: 0.9 → 5.1 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 5.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.15× in 2019
Sabre Towers and Poles's TCR rose 4.3 from 0.9 in 2016 to 5.1 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.15× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 332312 · Sioux City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 87% of ind
- DART 3.3 DART
- RANK #6/24
- PHOTO DIS-TRAN Steel - Ohio
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 37 inj
- SIZE ~253 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: DIS-TRAN Steel - Ohio (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sabre Towers and Poles in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Sabre Towers and Poles
2.9 TCR
- DIS-TRAN Steel
DIS-TRAN Steel - Ohio
2.9 TCR
- ALBAform Inc,
ALBAform Inc, 5405 Rafe Banks Drive, Flowery Branch, GA 30542
2.9 TCR
- Dixie Southern
Dixie Southern Industrial / Curry Steel
2.9 TCR
- Providential F
Providential Fabricators Inc.
2.9 TCR
What this shows Sabre Towers and Poles averages 2.9 TCR (87% of the Radio and television tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Sabre Towers and Poles TCR series: 2016=0.9 · 2017=2.4 · 2018=3.1 · 2019=5.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Sabre Towers and Poles falls in its industry
1,491 Radio and television tower sec establishmentsSafer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 24 Radio and television tower sec employers in Iowa.
Sabre Towers and Poles has more employees than the Radio and television tower sections, fab median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
332312 · IA · Sioux City
1,491 Radio and television tower sections, fabricated structural metal, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 259 employers in Sioux City, 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 | DIS-TRAN Steel - Ohio | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ALBAform Inc, 5405 Rafe Banks Drive, Flowery Branch, GA 30542 | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dixie Southern Industrial / Curry Steel | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Providential Fabricators Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Palmer Candy Company - HWY 75 | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1113 - Iowa City | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 1526 | 253 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Unifi Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines | 253 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Seaboard Triumph Foods | 2,375 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | SeaboardTriumph Foods | 1,896 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | St. Luke's Regional Medical Center | 1,201 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp | 691 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Conn-Weld Industries Inc Princeton | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Ft. Lauderdale Service Center | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Transparency Division | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Richard Bagdasarian, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Sodexo at Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Atlantic Pacific Equipment Inc. | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brunswick Family Health Center | 253 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Member Support Center - MSC | 253 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.