Storm sewer construction · Iowa

Synergy Contracting, LLC

Des Moines, IA · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Synergy Contracting, LLC runs at 110% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Storm sewer construction workplace, earning a grade C.

Synergy Contracting, LLC: 3.1 TCR = 110% of Storm sewer construction BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Synergy Contracting, LLC safety composite

Synergy Contracting, LLC scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 37%), 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

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2023→2024

Synergy Contracting, LLC injury rate improved

Synergy Contracting, LLC's TCR fell 2.3 from 4.2 in 2023 to 1.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=1.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 237110 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 110% of ind

  • DART 1.9 DART
  • RANK #9/32
  • PHOTO KPH Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KPH Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Synergy Contracting, LLC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Synergy Contracting, LLC averages 3.1 TCR (110% of the Storm sewer construction BLS benchmark).

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

Synergy Contracting, LLC TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 2.8

Where Synergy Contracting, LLC falls in its industry

1,614 Storm sewer construction establishments

Safer than 49% 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 #9 safest of 32 Storm sewer construction employers in Iowa.

Synergy Contracting, LLC (80 employees, TCR 3.1) 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 Synergy Contracting, LLC
Synergy Contracting, LLC (80 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Synergy Contracting, LLC has more employees than the Storm sewer construction 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 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2023 4.2 4.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

237110 · IA · Des Moines

1,614 Storm sewer construction employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, 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 KPH Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southeast Pipe Survey Inc 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Evans & Associates Utility Services, Inc. - Lawton 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR File Construction LLC 3.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Storm Lake Turkey Farms 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE DMDL 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calacci Construction Company, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Royal Plumbing LLC 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR MORryde - Grant 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Enjet Aero Manchester 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crist Bros. Orchards, Inc. 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Urban Concrete Contractors, Ltd. 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE River Place Nursing Center 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aqua Water Supply Corporation 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Neighbors, LLC. 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garfield County Hospital District 80 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. 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.