Loading and unloading at truck terminals · Iowa

TLS (Mediapolis)

Mediapolis, IA · ~21 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
13.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

TLS (Mediapolis) runs at 299% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Loading and unloading at truck terminals workplace, earning a grade F.

TLS (Mediapolis): 13.5 TCR = 299% of Loading and unloading at truck terminals BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

TLS (Mediapolis) safety composite

TLS (Mediapolis) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% 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).

D

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 13.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

TCR Δ

−15.8

2016→2017

TLS (Mediapolis) injury rate improved

TLS (Mediapolis)'s TCR fell 15.8 from 21.4 in 2016 to 5.6 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 21.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=21.4 · 2017=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488490 · Mediapolis, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 13.5 · 299% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/13
  • PHOTO MRD TRANSPORTS INC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: MRD TRANSPORTS INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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TLS (Mediapolis) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows TLS (Mediapolis) averages 13.5 TCR (299% 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 (Mediapolis) TCR series: 2016=21.4 · 2017=5.6 · BLS 4.5

Where TLS (Mediapolis) falls in its industry

370 Loading and unloading at truck establishments

Safer than 8% 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 #12 safest of 13 Loading and unloading at truck employers in Iowa.

TLS (Mediapolis) (21 employees, TCR 13.5) 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 (Mediapolis)
TLS (Mediapolis) (21 employees, TCR 13.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 4.4

TLS (Mediapolis) has fewer employees than the Loading and unloading at truck terminals median and a higher 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 5.6 0.0 2 0 0
2016 21.4 10.7 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488490 · IA · Mediapolis

370 Loading and unloading at truck terminals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 8 employers in Mediapolis, 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 MRD TRANSPORTS INC 13.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR LFUCG - Division of Streets & Roads 13.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Strategic Logistics Group LLC 13.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR M-4 13.8 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 US Gypsum Sperry 211 FTE
CITY-NEAR Afinitas- Mediapolis, Iowa Location 193 FTE
CITY-NEAR HawkeyePedershaab Concrete Technologies, Inc. 181 FTE
CITY-NEAR Azria Health Prairie Ridge 56 FTE
NAT-TCR USF Boca Raton FL 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR RIC-RICHMOND 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Lordstown Complex 13.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dla9 13.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4006 Mt. Aloysius College 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0774 - Albuquerque-Central, Nm 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0744 - Jasper, Al 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0725 - Easton, Pa 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.