Discount Department Stores · Iowa

1939 - Altoona

Altoona, IA · ~187 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

1939 - Altoona runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade C.

1939 - Altoona: 3.5 TCR = 104% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1939 - Altoona safety composite

1939 - Altoona scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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).

D

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.31 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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

−1.6

2019→2024

1939 - Altoona injury rate improved

1939 - Altoona's TCR fell 1.6 from 3.9 in 2019 to 2.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 5.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=3.9 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Altoona, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 104% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #24/62
  • PHOTO Ross store 455
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~187 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ross store 455 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1939 - Altoona in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 1939 - Altoona averages 3.5 TCR (104% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

1939 - Altoona TCR series: 2019=3.9 · 2021=5.4 · 2022=3.9 · 2023=2.3 · 2024=2.3 · BLS 3.4

Where 1939 - Altoona falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 62 Discount Department Stores employers in Iowa.

1939 - Altoona (187 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 1939 - Altoona
1939 - Altoona (187 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

1939 - Altoona has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2023 2.3 2.3 2 0 0
2022 3.9 3.9 1 3 0
2021 5.4 3.2 3 2 0
2019 3.9 2.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IA · Altoona

4,991 Discount Department Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 52 employers in Altoona, 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 Ross store 455 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 762 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 389 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ross store 1884 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pleasant Hill - Main Store 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE BURLINGTON TERMINAL 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ida County Community Hospital Inc 187 FTE
STATE-SIZE DHS-Independence Mental Health Institute 187 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casion 1,043 FTE
CITY-NEAR Adventureland Resort 1,040 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, Inc. 965 FTE
CITY-NEAR Prairie Meadows Racetrack, Casino & Hotel 877 FTE
NAT-TCR Central Ceiling Systems, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Broomfield Hospital UCHealth 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Resort Beverage Company, INC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Guernsey, Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE 1967 - Seven Springs 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2007 - Lanham 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1862 - Stockton North 187 FTE
NAT-SIZE 1508 - Lansing 187 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.