General public administration · Iowa

Van Buren County, Iowa

Keosauqua, IA · ~68 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Van Buren County, Iowa runs at 263% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General public administration workplace, earning a grade F.

Van Buren County, Iowa: 8.4 TCR = 263% of General public administration BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Van Buren County, Iowa safety composite

Van Buren County, Iowa scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.4

2021→2024

Van Buren County, Iowa injury rate improved

Van Buren County, Iowa's TCR fell 3.4 from 9.3 in 2021 to 5.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 10.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.24× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=9.3 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=5.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 263% of ind

  • DART 2.0 DART
  • RANK #29/34
  • PHOTO 0038-00019533
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0038-00019533 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Van Buren County, Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Van Buren County, Iowa averages 8.4 TCR (263% of the General public administration BLS benchmark).

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

Van Buren County, Iowa TCR series: 2021=9.3 · 2022=7.9 · 2023=10.4 · 2024=5.9 · BLS 3.2

Where Van Buren County, Iowa falls in its industry

1,496 General public administration establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #29 safest of 34 General public administration employers in Iowa.

Van Buren County, Iowa (68 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Van Buren County, Iowa
Van Buren County, Iowa (68 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Van Buren County, Iowa has fewer employees than the General public administration 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 5.9 2.0 3 0 0
2023 10.4 4.5 6 1 0
2022 7.9 3.1 5 0 0
2021 9.3 6.2 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Keosauqua

1,496 General public administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 3 employers in Keosauqua, 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 0038-00019533 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR DPW Administration & Streets 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of North Liberty 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Farmington Hills 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kirkman Farms, LLP 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rathbun Regional Water Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Contractors LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Mechanical - IA 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hill Phoenix 316 FTE
CITY-NEAR Van Buren County Hospital 209 FTE
NAT-TCR Sunnyside Champaign 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Warehouse.... Ecomm / Special Pro / Transportation / Clearance / ADC 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR J.A.R. Capital Group, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR V. Sattui Winery 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Frankie's Fun Park of Greenville, LLC 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anthony 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Anwatin 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cityview Community 68 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, 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.