Department Store · Iowa

1499 Ames

Ames, IA · ~44 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

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

1499 Ames runs at 61% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department Store workplace, earning a grade B.

1499 Ames: 2.1 TCR = 61% of Department Store BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1499 Ames safety composite

1499 Ames scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−4.1

2023→2024

1499 Ames injury rate improved

1499 Ames's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=4.1 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 61% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/47
  • PHOTO 71686
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 71686 (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

TCR

What this shows 1499 Ames averages 2.1 TCR (61% of the Department Store BLS benchmark).

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

1499 Ames TCR series: 2023=4.1 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 1499 Ames falls in its industry

2,917 Department Store establishments

Safer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 47 Department Store employers in Iowa.

1499 Ames (44 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1499 Ames
1499 Ames (44 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

1499 Ames 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 4.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IA · Ames

2,917 Department Store 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 71686 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 71095 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 71573 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 71263 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms East 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE GAC 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA (Monsanto Co.) 44 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 Marion IN 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Harlingen 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Reberland Equipment Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR LA Office 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbus Health & Rehab, LLC 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hajoca 554 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Nagle Toledo 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wisconsin Rapids Wi 44 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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