Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Ziegler Altoona Iowa

Altoona, IA · ~291 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ziegler Altoona Iowa runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Ziegler Altoona Iowa: 2.7 TCR = 125% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ziegler Altoona Iowa safety composite

Ziegler Altoona Iowa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 56% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 47% 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

−3.8

2016→2022

Ziegler Altoona Iowa injury rate improved

Ziegler Altoona Iowa's TCR fell 3.8 from 6.0 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.0 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Altoona, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.7 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #3/7
  • PHOTO Synergy Equipment Re…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 47 inj
  • SIZE ~291 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Synergy Equipment Rents LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ziegler Altoona Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ziegler Altoona Iowa averages 2.7 TCR (125% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ziegler Altoona Iowa TCR series: 2016=6 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.8 · 2019=2.3 · 2020=1.9 · 2022=2.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Ziegler Altoona Iowa falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 7 Construction machinery and equ employers in Iowa.

Ziegler Altoona Iowa (291 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ziegler Altoona Iowa
Ziegler Altoona Iowa (291 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Ziegler Altoona Iowa has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 2.2 0.8 8 0 0
2020 1.9 0.3 6 0 0
2019 2.3 1.0 7 0 0
2018 1.8 0.7 3 2 0
2017 2.3 0.4 6 0 0
2016 6.0 1.4 17 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · IA · Altoona

533 Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 52 employers in Altoona, 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 Synergy Equipment Rents LLC 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 04 Scarborough 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio CAT Zanesville 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Liebherr Mining and Construction, Inc. 2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2002-Williamsburg, IA (Monsanto Co.) 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corporate Office 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwest Industries, Inc. 291 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1113 - Coralville 291 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casion 1,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventureland Resort 1,040 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Inc. 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel 877 FTE
NAT-TCR Arlrc - Little Rock 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 1855-MIKAL4 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Corteva Agriscience UTI1 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Gavilon Grain - Kearney 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE O-Lakeland Printing 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE Premier Technology, Inc. 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE All Establishments 291 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4518 Dublin Mill 291 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.