TRANSPORTATION · Iowa

ABF Freight 102

Ankeny, IA · ~20 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ABF Freight 102 runs at 194% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical TRANSPORTATION workplace, earning a grade D.

ABF Freight 102: 8.7 TCR = 194% of TRANSPORTATION BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ABF Freight 102 safety composite

ABF Freight 102 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 21%), 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).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.0

2016→2023

ABF Freight 102 injury rate improved

ABF Freight 102's TCR fell 4.0 from 8.7 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.7 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.55× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.7 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=10.6 · 2023=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.7 · 194% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #38/50
  • PHOTO Altoona 021
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Altoona 021 (0.0 TCR gap)

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ABF Freight 102 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ABF Freight 102 averages 8.7 TCR (194% of the TRANSPORTATION BLS benchmark).

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

ABF Freight 102 TCR series: 2016=8.7 · 2017=8.8 · 2018=13.7 · 2019=5.6 · 2020=10.6 · 2023=4.8 · BLS 4.5

Where ABF Freight 102 falls in its industry

3,020 TRANSPORTATION establishments

Safer than 21% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 50 TRANSPORTATION employers in Iowa.

ABF Freight 102 (20 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate ABF Freight 102
ABF Freight 102 (20 employees, TCR 8.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

ABF Freight 102 has fewer employees than the TRANSPORTATION median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2023 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2020 10.6 5.3 1 1 0
2019 5.6 5.6 1 0 0
2018 13.7 4.6 3 0 0
2017 8.8 8.8 2 0 0
2016 8.7 8.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Ankeny

3,020 TRANSPORTATION employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 Altoona 021 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oklahoma City OKC 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Central Transport - 303 303SH 8.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SAC 8.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Pork, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms Iowa 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos Jacksonville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Pig II 20 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Madison West 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Dorel Home Furnishings 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Palmer Food Services 8.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Becker Showroom 8.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lexington (KY) 869 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Suit-Kote Watkins Glen (Road) 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bronze Services of Loveland 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Araina Aviation 20 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: 2023, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.