Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction · Iowa

Slabach Construction Co.

Kalona, IA · ~21 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.3
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Slabach Construction Co. runs at 439% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction workplace, earning a grade F.

Slabach Construction Co.: 12.3 TCR = 439% of Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS 2.8 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Slabach Construction Co. safety composite

Slabach Construction Co. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 0%), 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

14/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 23.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Slabach Construction Co.: 0.0 → 36.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 36.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.88× in 2024

Slabach Construction Co.'s TCR rose 36.9 from 0.0 in 2016 to 36.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Kalona, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 439% of ind

  • DART 23.1 DART
  • RANK #28/32
  • PHOTO J & K Contracting LLC
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J & K Contracting LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Slabach Construction Co. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Slabach Construction Co. averages 12.3 TCR (439% of the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction BLS benchmark).

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

Slabach Construction Co. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=28.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=0 · 2023=16.6 · 2024=36.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Slabach Construction Co. falls in its industry

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #28 safest of 32 Utility line (i.e., sewer, wat employers in Iowa.

Slabach Construction Co. (21 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Slabach Construction Co.
Slabach Construction Co. (21 employees, TCR 12.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Slabach Construction Co. has fewer employees than the Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), const median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 36.9 23.1 8 0 0
2023 16.6 4.2 3 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 4.3 0.0 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 28.1 14.0 5 1 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IA · Kalona

1,614 Utility line (i.e., sewer, water), construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 12 employers in Kalona, 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 J & K Contracting LLC 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cal Gro Pump Service, Inc. 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shannon Pump 12.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Trio Development Corporation 12.4 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
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview Home 135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pleasantview 127 FTE
CITY-NEAR Engineered Plastic Components INC 120 FTE
CITY-NEAR CIVCO Medical Solutions - Manufacturing 115 FTE
NAT-TCR Public Works City of Wyoming 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Dawn 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Stonegate Health Campus 12.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Elderwood at Ticonderoga 12.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Construction Labor Services, Inc. 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chino RDC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raymondville Facility 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbor Springs Health and Rehab (Housekeeping) 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, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.