General services departments, government · Iowa

Tama County Highway Department

Name: Tama County Highway Department Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tama, IA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 14.4
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Tama County Highway Department runs at 452% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General services departments, government workplace, earning a grade F.

Tama County Highway Department: 14.4 TCR = 452% of General services departments, government BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Tama County Highway Department safety composite

Tama County Highway Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 14.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2023→2024

Tama County Highway Department injury rate improved

Tama County Highway Department's TCR fell 1.9 from 15.4 in 2023 to 13.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 15.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=15.4 · 2024=13.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Tama, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 452% of ind

DART 4.5 DART
RANK #33/34
PHOTO Branford Parks and R…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 12 inj
SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Branford Parks and Recreation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fridley Public

14.5
City of Three

14.5
This site

14.4
Branford Parks

14.4
City of Portag

14.4

What this shows Tama County Highway Department averages 14.4 TCR (452% of the General services departments, government BLS benchmark).

Tama County Highway Department TCR series: 2023=15.4 · 2024=13.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Tama County Highway Department falls in its industry

1,496 General services departments, establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 34 General services departments, employers in Iowa.

Tama County Highway Department (40 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Tama County Highway Department has fewer employees than the General services departments, government median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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	13.5	4.5	6	0	0
2023	15.4	5.1	6	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Tama

1,496 General services departments, government employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 7 employers in Tama, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Branford Parks and Recreation	BRANFORD, CT	14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fridley Public Works Garage	FRIDLEY, MN	14.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Portage - Parks & Recreation and Parks & Streets Maintenance Division	PORTAGE, MI	14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Three Rivers	THREE RIVERS, MI	14.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Hill Farm	WASHINGTON	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Rapids Cogen	CEDAR RAPIDS	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative	POSTVILLE	40 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Access Energy Cooperative	MT. PLEASANT	40 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iowa Premium	Tama	792 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tama Paperboard	Tama	89 FTE
CITY-NEAR	7515_18290	Tama	47 FTE
CITY-NEAR	QSI Tama	Tama	33 FTE
NAT-TCR	Wesley Woods of Newnan	Newnan, GA	14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	GPP-Brook House	Westbrook, ME	14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Courtyard Sugar Land	Sugar Land, TX	14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Tom Berkowitz Trucking, Inc.	Whitinsville, MA	14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Cashwa Distributing / Aberdeen	Aberdeen, SD	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Advanced Entertainment Technology	Monrovia, CA	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ft Collins 10705	Ft Collins, CO	40 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Chattanooga 10407	Chattanooga, TN	40 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.

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