Employer · Iowa

1487 - Ottumwa

Name: 1487 - Ottumwa Workplace Safety Data
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Ottumwa, IA · ~75 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1487 - Ottumwa runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade A.

1487 - Ottumwa: 1.6 TCR = 46% of industry BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1487 - Ottumwa safety composite

1487 - Ottumwa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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%).

1487 - Ottumwa held a steady TCR band

1487 - Ottumwa's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 46% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #6/47
PHOTO 638 North Phoenix
BOOK 6y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~75 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 638 North Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
638 North Phoe

1.6
95 - Olentangy

1.6
545 - Steeplec

1.6
568 - Wilkesbo

1.6

What this shows 1487 - Ottumwa averages 1.6 TCR (46% of the industry BLS benchmark).

1487 - Ottumwa TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=6.2 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 1487 - Ottumwa falls in its industry

2,917 industry establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 47 industry employers in Iowa.

1487 - Ottumwa (75 employees, TCR 1.6) 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 industry 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
2022	0.0	0.0	0
2020	0.0	0.0	0
2019	3.1	0.0	1
2018	0.0	0.0	0
2017	6.2	3.1	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IA · Ottumwa

2,917 industry 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	638 North Phoenix	PHOENIX, AZ	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	95 - Olentangy	COLUMBUS, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	545 - Steeplechase	HOUSTON, TX	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	568 - Wilkesboro	WILKESBORO, NC	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Winterset Egg Farm	WINTERSET	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clearfield	CLEARFIELD	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc Renwick Seed Production Facility	RENWICK	75 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Caruth Construction Inc.	SLATER	75 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	1334 - Prattville	Prattville, AL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	1222 - Boynton Beach	Boynton Beach, FL	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	568 - Wilkesboro	Wilkesboro, NC	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	545 - Steeplechase	Houston, TX	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	1494 - Hutchinson	Hutchinson, KS	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1410 - Union Gap	Union Gap, WA	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1286 - Oxford	Oxford, AL	75 FTE
NAT-SIZE	1191 - Hattiesburg	Hattiesburg, MS	75 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.