Mail and Parcel Delivery · Iowa

180270-Ames Po

Ames, IA · ~88 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

180270-Ames Po runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade C.

180270-Ames Po: 4.9 TCR = 109% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

180270-Ames Po safety composite

180270-Ames Po scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

180270-Ames Po: 3.6 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 8.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.07× in 2022

180270-Ames Po's TCR rose 1.6 from 3.6 in 2017 to 5.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 8.2 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 491110 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.9 · 109% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #25/157
  • PHOTO YORKVILLE_1388507
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~88 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: YORKVILLE_1388507 (0.0 TCR gap)

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180270-Ames Po in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows 180270-Ames Po averages 4.9 TCR (109% of the Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS benchmark).

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

180270-Ames Po TCR series: 2017=3.6 · 2018=8.2 · 2019=6.1 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=2.5 · 2022=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where 180270-Ames Po falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 157 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Iowa.

180270-Ames Po (88 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 050100150 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 180270-Ames Po
180270-Ames Po (88 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

180270-Ames Po has more employees than the Mail and Parcel Delivery median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 5.3 5.3 3 1 0
2021 2.5 2.5 2 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 3 0 0
2019 6.1 6.1 5 0 0
2018 8.2 8.2 7 0 0
2017 3.6 3.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

491110 · IA · Ames

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery 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 YORKVILLE_1388507 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR NORTH CHARLESTON_1437153 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIDTOWN_1373007 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR HOLLISTER_1367214 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Reinbeck SPSC 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE McCarthy Improvement Company 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rasmussen Mechanical Services CB 88 FTE
STATE-SIZE Letica-Iowa 88 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 178657-Tell City Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 168634-Worth Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 162946-Galena Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 206312-Princeton Po 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE 561140-Brookfield Po 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 170661-Blm-Woodbridge Sta 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 215058-Lch-Drew Sta 88 FTE
NAT-SIZE 216175-Monroe Po 88 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.