Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Ag Leader Technology Inc
Ames, IA · ~285 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.6
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Ag Leader Technology Inc runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade B.
Ag Leader Technology Inc: 1.6 TCR = 74% of Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Ag Leader Technology Inc safety composite
Ag Leader Technology Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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).
65/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 1.62 per 100 workers
Safer than 90% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% 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
−0.6
2016→2024
Ag Leader Technology Inc injury rate improved
Ag Leader Technology Inc's TCR fell 0.6 from 1.3 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 3.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=1.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2022=2.0 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423820 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.6 · 74% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #4/70
- PHOTO Independence, KS
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 24 inj
- SIZE ~285 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Independence, KS (0.0 TCR gap)
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Ag Leader Technology Inc in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Ag Leader Technology Inc
1.6 TCR
- Independence,
Independence, KS
1.6 TCR
- Kern Machinery
Kern Machinery, Inc. - Buttonwillow
1.6 TCR
- Eldridge Suppl
Eldridge Supply Company - Augusta Location
1.6 TCR
- Double M Ranch
Double M Ranch & Agriculture Supply
1.6 TCR
What this shows Ag Leader Technology Inc averages 1.6 TCR (74% of the Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Ag Leader Technology Inc TCR series: 2016=1.3 · 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.2 · 2022=2 · 2023=0.3 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Ag Leader Technology Inc falls in its industry
700 Farm machinery and equipment m establishmentsSafer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 70 Farm machinery and equipment m employers in Iowa.
Ag Leader Technology Inc has more employees than the Farm machinery and equipment merchant wh median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423820 · IA · Ames
700 Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers 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 | Independence, KS | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Kern Machinery, Inc. - Buttonwillow | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Eldridge Supply Company - Augusta Location | 1.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Double M Ranch & Agriculture Supply | 1.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Floyd Valley Healthcare | 285 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Sabre FWT Sioux City Iowa | 284 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Mold Tooling | 286 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Oak Laminate | 284 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 | Crater Lake Ford | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gutknecht Construction Company | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Flextronics America LLC - Flex 2 Campus | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | West Wind Reinforcing, LLC | 1.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Rumford Hospital | 285 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nhldr - Nelc Pratt Whitney-10364 | 285 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Harkins Builders, Inc. | 285 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bennett Construction Inc. | 285 FTE |
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.