Employer · Iowa
1499 - Ames
Ames, IA · ~62 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1499 - Ames runs at 71% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade B.
1499 - Ames: 2.4 TCR = 71% of industry BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1499 - Ames safety composite
1499 - Ames scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), 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).
45/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.4 per 100 workers
Safer than 67% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 17% 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%).
Rising injury rate
1499 - Ames: 0.0 → 4.0 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 7.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.69× in 2022
1499 - Ames's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 4.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.3 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452210 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade B · TCR 2.4 · 71% of ind
- DART 4.0 DART
- RANK #18/47
- PHOTO 71036
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~62 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 71036 (0.0 TCR gap)
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1499 - Ames in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
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1499 - Ames
2.4 TCR
- 71036
71036
2.4 TCR
- 71215
71215
2.4 TCR
- 606 Temecula
606 Temecula
2.4 TCR
- 234 - Topeka
234 - Topeka
2.4 TCR
What this shows 1499 - Ames averages 2.4 TCR (71% of the industry BLS benchmark).
1499 - Ames TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=7.3 · 2022=4 · BLS 3.4
Where 1499 - Ames falls in its industry
2,917 industry establishmentsSafer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 47 industry employers in Iowa.
1499 - Ames 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452210 · IA · Ames
2,917 industry employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 170 employers in Ames, 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 | 71036 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 71215 | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 606 Temecula | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 234 - Topeka | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer Dallas Center DCR9 | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Duane Arnold Energy Center | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Davenport Branch | 62 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rogers Concrete Construction, Inc. | 62 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISU - University Wide | 13,316 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISU - On Campus | 12,527 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital | 1,415 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mary Greeley Medical Center | 1,277 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | 1314 - Selinsgrove | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Peco Farms Lake Feed Mill | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Camso USA, Inc. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hartford-Trinity Health of New England PNO | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1419 - Bozeman | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Naturwood Home Furnishings, Inc. | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Price Cutter # 55 | 62 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Mer-Mobile Enterprise Resources RF&IP LLC | 62 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.