Loading and unloading at truck terminals · Iowa

TLS (Fort Dodge)

Fort Dodge, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TLS (Fort Dodge) runs at 68% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Loading and unloading at truck terminals workplace, earning a grade B.

TLS (Fort Dodge): 3.1 TCR = 68% of Loading and unloading at truck terminals BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TLS (Fort Dodge) safety composite

TLS (Fort Dodge) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% 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%).

TLS (Fort Dodge) held a steady TCR band

TLS (Fort Dodge)'s TCR held near 0.1 from 3.0 in 2016 to 3.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.0 · 2017=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488490 · Fort Dodge, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.1 · 68% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/13
  • PHOTO Cincinnati
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cincinnati (0.0 TCR gap)

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TLS (Fort Dodge) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TLS (Fort Dodge) averages 3.1 TCR (68% of the Loading and unloading at truck terminals BLS benchmark).

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

TLS (Fort Dodge) TCR series: 2016=3 · 2017=3.1 · BLS 4.5

Where TLS (Fort Dodge) falls in its industry

370 Loading and unloading at truck establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 13 Loading and unloading at truck employers in Iowa.

TLS (Fort Dodge) (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate TLS (Fort Dodge)
TLS (Fort Dodge) (22 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.4

TLS (Fort Dodge) has fewer employees than the Loading and unloading at truck terminals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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
2017 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2016 3.0 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488490 · IA · Fort Dodge

370 Loading and unloading at truck terminals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 75 employers in Fort Dodge, 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 Cincinnati 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR KINGSTON RHINECLIFF 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton Sweeping Service 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR GMCO Corporation 3.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center 790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Unity Point Trinity Regional Medical Center 648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Terminal 539 FTE
CITY-NEAR Fort Dodge Correctional Facility 452 FTE
NAT-TCR Giant 759 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Concast Birmingham Inc 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Mid South Baking Company TX 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR General Stamping & Metalworks - Tomah 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE LKC CBTC Flushing 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0785 - Alexander City, Al 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0768 - Palmdale, Ca 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0732 - Dubois, Pa 22 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: 2017, 2016. 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.