Food Service Contractors · Iowa

University of Dubuque Performing Arts

Dubuque, IA · ~25 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.8
Avg TCR
3.0
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

University of Dubuque Performing Arts runs at 126% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Food Service Contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

University of Dubuque Performing Arts: 3.8 TCR = 126% of Food Service Contractors BLS 3.0 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

University of Dubuque Performing Arts safety composite

University of Dubuque Performing Arts scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 46%), 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

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−7.6

2021→2022

University of Dubuque Performing Arts injury rate improved

University of Dubuque Performing Arts's TCR fell 7.6 from 7.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.6 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 722310 · Dubuque, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.8 · 126% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #26/44
  • PHOTO Prospect House
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Prospect House (0.0 TCR gap)

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University of Dubuque Performing Arts in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows University of Dubuque Performing Arts averages 3.8 TCR (126% of the Food Service Contractors BLS benchmark).

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

University of Dubuque Performing Arts TCR series: 2021=7.6 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.0

Where University of Dubuque Performing Arts falls in its industry

6,952 Food Service Contractors establishments

Safer than 46% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 44 Food Service Contractors employers in Iowa.

University of Dubuque Performing Arts (25 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate University of Dubuque Performing Arts
University of Dubuque Performing Arts (25 employees, TCR 3.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 3.5

University of Dubuque Performing Arts has fewer employees than the Food Service Contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.6 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

722310 · IA · Dubuque

6,952 Food Service Contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 217 employers in Dubuque, 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 Prospect House 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR HONDA MFG OF INDIANA** 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7371-PDLLC-BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 7821-PDLLC-JUNIATA COLLEGE 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Dubuque Works 2,518 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque-MHS-IA/NE 1,296 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Dubuque 1,285 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
NAT-TCR 4765-EWRPW9601 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4584 Atlanta Food Service Packaging 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Henkel/Westaff 3.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dallas Glass 3.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Abt Boulder 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Grove 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Urban Engineers of New York, D.P.C., Buffalo, NY 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at P&G Albany Infrastructure 25 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: 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.