Farm supply stores · Iowa
16 - Theisen's - Ames
Ames, IA · ~70 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 6.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
16 - Theisen's - Ames runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Farm supply stores workplace, earning a grade D.
16 - Theisen's - Ames: 6.3 TCR = 185% of Farm supply stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
16 - Theisen's - Ames safety composite
16 - Theisen's - Ames scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 41%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 6.3 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 41% 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
16 - Theisen's - Ames: 5.8 → 6.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 6.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.69× in 2018
16 - Theisen's - Ames's TCR rose 0.7 from 5.8 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.69× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 444220 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 185% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #13/28
- PHOTO Summerwinds Cupertino
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~70 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Summerwinds Cupertino (0.0 TCR gap)
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16 - Theisen's - Ames in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
16 - Theisen's - Ames
6.3 TCR
- Summerwinds Cu
Summerwinds Cupertino
6.3 TCR
- Armstrong Gard
Armstrong Garden Centers 707
6.3 TCR
- Producers Coop
Producers Cooperative Association-Agronomy Department
6.3 TCR
- 23 - Theisen's
23 - Theisen's - Black River Falls
6.3 TCR
What this shows 16 - Theisen's - Ames averages 6.3 TCR (185% of the Farm supply stores BLS benchmark).
16 - Theisen's - Ames TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=6.5 · BLS 3.4
Where 16 - Theisen's - Ames falls in its industry
642 Farm supply stores establishmentsSafer than 47% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 28 Farm supply stores employers in Iowa.
16 - Theisen's - Ames has more employees than the Farm supply stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
444220 · IA · Ames
642 Farm supply stores 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 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.