Construction · Iowa

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc.

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

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
Subscribe to safety-record updates (RSS)

The verdict

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc.: 6.9 TCR = 248% of Construction BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. safety composite

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 15%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% 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%).

TCR Δ

−9.2

2016→2023

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. injury rate improved

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc.'s TCR fell 9.2 from 15.0 in 2016 to 5.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.0 · 2017=0.0 · 2023=5.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Fairfield, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 248% of ind

  • DART 5.8 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO Eilers Steel Erectio…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~23 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eilers Steel Erection, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

Read with this employer → · Industry book → · Iowa employers → · Look up another →

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. averages 6.9 TCR (248% of the Construction BLS benchmark).

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

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. TCR series: 2016=15 · 2017=0 · 2023=5.8 · BLS 2.8

Where Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. falls in its industry

705 Construction establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 13 Construction employers in Iowa.

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc.
Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. (23 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Schaus-Vorhies Contracting, Inc. has fewer employees than the Construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2023 5.8 5.8 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 15.0 7.5 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IA · Fairfield

705 Construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 30 employers in Fairfield, 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 Eilers Steel Erection, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Steel Krest Construction 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR XLE Metals Corporation 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR CSE Inc. 7.0 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 Eneric Petroleum Corp 711 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maharishi International University (MIU) 500 FTE
CITY-NEAR Jefferson County Health Center 348 FTE
CITY-NEAR Dexter Laundry Inc 228 FTE
NAT-TCR Precision Molding Inc 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid-American Coaches 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR DW Drums - Ox 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Food City #212 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Specialty Dental 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ferraiolo 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sv-Syracuse Clearance Center 23 FTE
NAT-SIZE American Surfacing Materials, LLC 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: 2023, 2017, 2016. 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.