Distribution of electric power · Iowa

Spencer Municipal Utilities

Spencer, IA · ~50 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Spencer Municipal Utilities runs at 528% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade F.

Spencer Municipal Utilities: 6.3 TCR = 528% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Spencer Municipal Utilities safety composite

Spencer Municipal Utilities scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 12%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

Spencer Municipal Utilities: 5.9 → 6.6 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 10.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Spencer Municipal Utilities's TCR rose 0.7 from 5.9 in 2016 to 6.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 10.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Spencer, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.3 · 528% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #53/64
  • PHOTO Grand Valley Rural P…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~50 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grand Valley Rural Power lines inc. DBA Grand Valley Power (0.0 TCR gap)

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Spencer Municipal Utilities in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Spencer Municipal Utilities averages 6.3 TCR (528% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Spencer Municipal Utilities TCR series: 2016=5.9 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=10.3 · 2019=4.1 · 2020=2.1 · 2021=6.6 · 2022=8.6 · 2023=9 · 2024=6.6 · BLS 1.2

Where Spencer Municipal Utilities falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #53 safest of 64 Distribution of electric power employers in Iowa.

Spencer Municipal Utilities (50 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Spencer Municipal Utilities
Spencer Municipal Utilities (50 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Spencer Municipal Utilities has fewer employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 6.6 0.0 3 0 0
2023 9.0 6.7 4 0 0
2022 8.6 6.4 4 0 0
2021 6.6 2.2 2 1 0
2020 2.1 2.1 1 0 0
2019 4.1 2.1 2 0 0
2018 10.3 2.0 5 0 0
2017 3.9 1.9 2 0 0
2016 5.9 3.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · IA · Spencer

2,958 Distribution of electric power employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 44 employers in Spencer, 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 Grand Valley Rural Power lines inc. DBA Grand Valley Power 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utilities 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Leonardtown Office 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANGELS CAMP SERVICE CENTER 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux Jerseys, LLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE SEABOARD FOODS LP IOWA ADMIN 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Brenneman Pork, LLLP 50 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc. 50 FTE
CITY-NEAR Arnold Motor Supply 764 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Hospital 516 FTE
CITY-NEAR Spencer Municipal Hospital 515 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 2714 221 FTE
NAT-TCR 071 Fenton MO 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Shady Dale Ga 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Reddy Ice - Davie (439) 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Richmond CA 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE NAS-ESS 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE R. DeVincentis Construction, Inc. 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Silbond Corporation 50 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grind All Inc. 50 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, 2018, 2017, 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.