Department Store · Iowa

1487 Ottumwa

Name: 1487 Ottumwa Workplace Safety Data
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Ottumwa, IA · ~48 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1487 Ottumwa runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department Store workplace, earning a grade B.

1487 Ottumwa: 2.1 TCR = 61% of Department Store BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1487 Ottumwa safety composite

1487 Ottumwa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−4.2

2023→2024

1487 Ottumwa injury rate improved

1487 Ottumwa's TCR fell 4.2 from 4.2 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452210 · Ottumwa, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 61% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #13/47
PHOTO 694 Trexlertown
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~48 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 694 Trexlertown (0.0 TCR gap)

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2.1
694 Trexlertow

2.1
1408 Charlotte

2.1
1568 Panama Ci

2.1
123 - Sheboyga

2.1

What this shows 1487 Ottumwa averages 2.1 TCR (61% of the Department Store BLS benchmark).

1487 Ottumwa TCR series: 2023=4.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 1487 Ottumwa falls in its industry

2,917 Department Store establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 47 Department Store employers in Iowa.

1487 Ottumwa (48 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

1487 Ottumwa has fewer employees than the Department Store median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	4.2	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IA · Ottumwa

2,917 Department Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 57 employers in Ottumwa, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	694 Trexlertown	TREXLERTOWN, PA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1408 Charlottesville	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	1568 Panama City	PANAMA CITY, FL	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	123 - Sheboygan	SHEBOYGAN, WI	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	J&J Cattle Co	MARENGO	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	AMVC Management Services	AUDUBON	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Water Administration Building	CEDAR RAPIDS	48 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Greiner Buildings, Inc.	WASHINGTON	48 FTE
CITY-NEAR	JBS	Ottumwa	2,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ottumwa Works	Ottumwa	789 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Ottumwa Works	Ottumwa	758 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ottumwa Regional Health Center	Ottumwa	573 FTE
NAT-TCR	Hampton Inn Roxboro	Roxboro, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lafayette LA	Lafayette, LA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Memphis Convalescent Center	Memphis, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Dayton	Dayton, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Vopak Terminal Los Angeles Inc	Wilmington, CA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nobis Technology, LLC	Cedar Creek, TX	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hajoca 571	Corona, CA	48 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hajoca 752	Dallas, TX	48 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. 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.