Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) · Iowa
Sheriff's Office
Iowa City, IA · ~112 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 6.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Sheriff's Office runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) workplace, earning a grade F.
Sheriff's Office: 6.6 TCR = 207% of Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Sheriff's Office safety composite
Sheriff's Office scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 38%), 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).
54/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 6.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 68% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 5.49 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% 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
Sheriff's Office: 6.4 → 7.7 TCR
Peak year 2019 @ 12.5 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024
Sheriff's Office's TCR rose 1.3 from 6.4 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 12.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Iowa City, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 6.6 · 207% of ind
- DART 5.5 DART
- RANK #8/18
- PHOTO Corona Police Depart…
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 40 inj
- SIZE ~112 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Corona Police Department- HQ (0.0 TCR gap)
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Sheriff's Office in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Nicollet Count
Nicollet County Sheriff's Office
6.7 TCR
- This site
Sheriff's Office
6.6 TCR
- Corona Police
Corona Police Department- HQ
6.6 TCR
- PUBLIC SAFETY
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING (POLICE/ACO/DISPATCH)
6.6 TCR
- Village of Mok
Village of Mokena Police Department
6.6 TCR
What this shows Sheriff's Office averages 6.6 TCR (207% of the Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) BLS benchmark).
Sheriff's Office TCR series: 2016=6.4 · 2019=12.5 · 2020=4.5 · 2021=7.3 · 2022=4.5 · 2023=3.5 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.2
Where Sheriff's Office falls in its industry
716 Sheriffs' offices (except cour establishmentsSafer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 18 Sheriffs' offices (except cour employers in Iowa.
Sheriff's Office has more employees than the Sheriffs' offices (except court function median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IA · Iowa City
716 Sheriffs' offices (except court functions only) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa 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 | Corona Police Department- HQ | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING (POLICE/ACO/DISPATCH) | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Village of Mokena Police Department | 6.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nicollet County Sheriff's Office | 6.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Diebold Nixdorf Urbandale IA | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | C&S Products Co. Inc. - North Plant | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Farmers Union Cooperative | 112 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 0057 LOWE S OF BURLINGTON IA. | 112 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 1918-19187610 | 29,553 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) | 940 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 8010516-P and G Iowa City | 772 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | City of Iowa City | 721 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Richmond | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Melbourne Fl | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Landis Homes | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | KTA Super Stores - Puainako | 6.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Fechko Excavating LLC | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dallas | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wieland Metals | 112 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Plasman-Cleveland AB | 112 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.