Telecommunications carriers, wired · Iowa

SHELLSBURG

Shellsburg, IA · ~21 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SHELLSBURG runs at 786% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Telecommunications carriers, wired workplace, earning a grade F.

SHELLSBURG: 5.5 TCR = 786% of Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS 0.7 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SHELLSBURG safety composite

SHELLSBURG scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−6.3

2019→2024

SHELLSBURG injury rate improved

SHELLSBURG's TCR fell 6.3 from 11.6 in 2019 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 11.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=11.6 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=5.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 517110 · Shellsburg, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.5 · 786% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Icon
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Icon (0.0 TCR gap)

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SHELLSBURG in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SHELLSBURG averages 5.5 TCR (786% of the Telecommunications carriers, wired BLS benchmark).

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

SHELLSBURG TCR series: 2019=11.6 · 2020=0 · 2021=11.1 · 2022=0 · 2023=5.1 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 0.7

Where SHELLSBURG falls in its industry

537 Telecommunications carriers, w establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Telecommunications carriers, w employers in Iowa.

SHELLSBURG (21 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SHELLSBURG
SHELLSBURG (21 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 276 employees and a TCR of 1.3

SHELLSBURG has fewer employees than the Telecommunications carriers, wired median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. 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 0.0 1 0 0
2023 5.1 0.0 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 11.1 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 11.6 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

517110 · IA · Shellsburg

537 Telecommunications carriers, wired employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 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 Icon 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ace Telephone Association of Michigan - Southern Michigan Allendale 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hutchinson Nuvera 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Internet Consulting Services LLC 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
NAT-TCR Tulsa OK FXFE-TUL 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Fontana CA FXFE-FTA 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sloan Plant #73 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Current Lighting Ivanhoe Road Plant 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Atkinson Grain & Fertilizer, Inc. - Atkinson Location 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boyle & Fogarty Construction Co., Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 28751 West Witherspoon Pkwy Valencia CA 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1330 Mitchell Street Knoxville TN 21 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.