Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products · Iowa

Vendors Unlimited

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

B
Good Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vendors Unlimited runs at 70% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products workplace, earning a grade B.

Vendors Unlimited: 2.4 TCR = 70% of Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vendors Unlimited safety composite

Vendors Unlimited scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 89% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 89% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% 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

−4.8

2016→2018

Vendors Unlimited injury rate improved

Vendors Unlimited's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 454210 · Dubuque, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 70% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/7
  • PHOTO FLA CULINARY CENTER
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: FLA CULINARY CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vendors Unlimited in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vendors Unlimited averages 2.4 TCR (70% of the Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products BLS benchmark).

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

Vendors Unlimited TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Vendors Unlimited falls in its industry

311 Vending machine merchandisers, establishments

Safer than 89% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 7 Vending machine merchandisers, employers in Iowa.

Vendors Unlimited (25 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1 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 0100200300 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Vendors Unlimited
Vendors Unlimited (25 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 7.1

Vendors Unlimited has fewer employees than the Vending machine merchandisers, sale of p median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.1. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

454210 · IA · Dubuque

311 Vending machine merchandisers, sale of products 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 FLA CULINARY CENTER 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Market-Chicago Central 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Market-Melville 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PITTSBURGH, PA BRANCH 2.4 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 ABF Freight 139 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products, Inc. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Watershed of the Palm Beaches 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR JACK Thistledown Racino 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dothan AL 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE A. J. Danboise 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ERMC - Fayette Mall 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE ERMC - Sunrise Mall 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: 2018, 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.