Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Ames

Boone, IA · ~20 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ames runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.

Ames: 2.4 TCR = 108% of Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ames safety composite

Ames scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−7.3

2016→2024

Ames injury rate improved

Ames's TCR fell 7.3 from 7.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.3 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=7.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · Boone, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.4 · 108% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #40/154
  • PHOTO Aurora Cooperative -…
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aurora Cooperative - Grand Island Feedmill (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ames in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ames averages 2.4 TCR (108% of the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Ames TCR series: 2016=7.3 · 2017=0 · 2018=7.1 · 2019=0 · 2020=7 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Ames falls in its industry

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #40 safest of 154 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, ga employers in Iowa.

Ames (20 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Ames
Ames (20 employees, TCR 2.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Ames has fewer employees than the Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merc median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 7.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 7.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · Boone

1,202 Seeds (e.g., field, flower, garden) merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 39 employers in Boone, 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 Aurora Cooperative - Grand Island Feedmill 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SGS Berea Retail - Alliance 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Key Cooperative - S14 2.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SiteOne Landscape Supply #196 2.4 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 FAREWAY STORES, INC. 3804 568 FTE
CITY-NEAR Boone County Hospital 385 FTE
CITY-NEAR CDS Global Boone 328 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1389 180 FTE
NAT-TCR Wharton County Foods, LLC. 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hazle Township 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cockeysville Service Center 2.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Custom Materials Inc 2.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Goodwill Commercial Services - Grant 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elkins Store 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mount Juliet 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE ServiceMaster DSI - Springfield, MO 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 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.