Nursing homes · Iowa

Accura Healthcare of Ames

Ames, IA · ~62 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
23.9
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Accura Healthcare of Ames runs at 368% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade F.

Accura Healthcare of Ames: 23.9 TCR = 368% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Accura Healthcare of Ames safety composite

Accura Healthcare of Ames scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 23.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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%).

TCR Δ

−26.8

2021→2024

Accura Healthcare of Ames injury rate improved

Accura Healthcare of Ames's TCR fell 26.8 from 33.0 in 2021 to 6.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 42.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=33.0 · 2022=42.6 · 2023=13.8 · 2024=6.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 23.9 · 368% of ind

  • DART 4.9 DART
  • RANK #392/396
  • PHOTO Cochran SNF Operator…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~62 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cochran SNF Operator, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Accura Healthcare of Ames in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Accura Healthcare of Ames averages 23.9 TCR (368% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).

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

Accura Healthcare of Ames TCR series: 2021=33 · 2022=42.6 · 2023=13.8 · 2024=6.2 · BLS 6.5

Where Accura Healthcare of Ames falls in its industry

15,252 Nursing homes establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #392 safest of 396 Nursing homes employers in Iowa.

Accura Healthcare of Ames (62 employees, TCR 23.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 051015202530 Average employees Total Case Rate Accura Healthcare of Ames
Accura Healthcare of Ames (62 employees, TCR 23.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Accura Healthcare of Ames has fewer employees than the Nursing homes median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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
2024 6.2 4.9 5 0 0
2023 13.8 6.9 5 5 0
2022 42.6 23.5 5 24 0
2021 33.0 30.1 2 21 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · IA · Ames

15,252 Nursing homes 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 Cochran SNF Operator, LLC 23.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9288-A97 23.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Park Strathmoor 23.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR St Gabriel of Murrells Inlet 23.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Dallas Center DCR9 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Duane Arnold Energy Center 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Branch 62 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rogers Concrete Construction, Inc. 62 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 HG1008 23.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cromwell Academy 23.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Cochran SNF Operator, LLC 23.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Haverty Furniture 23.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Motor City Electric Technologies 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cbus Logistics LLC 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE City of New Brighton Public Safety 62 FTE
NAT-SIZE GForce Delivery Inc 62 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.