Plasmapheresis Center · Iowa

Ames, IA-Biolife 660

Ames, IA · ~53 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 runs at 186% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade D.

Ames, IA-Biolife 660: 7.1 TCR = 186% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 safety composite

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 22%), 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 7.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 22% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.5 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% 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

−4.2

2022→2023

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 injury rate improved

Ames, IA-Biolife 660's TCR fell 4.2 from 9.1 in 2022 to 5.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=9.1 · 2023=5.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.1 · 186% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #26/48
  • PHOTO CBC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CBC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ames, IA-Biolife 660 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ames, IA-Biolife 660 averages 7.1 TCR (186% of the Plasmapheresis Center BLS benchmark).

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

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 TCR series: 2022=9.1 · 2023=5 · BLS 3.8

Where Ames, IA-Biolife 660 falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 22% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #26 safest of 48 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Iowa.

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 (53 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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, IA-Biolife 660
Ames, IA-Biolife 660 (53 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Ames, IA-Biolife 660 has more employees than the Plasmapheresis Center median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2022 9.1 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IA · Ames

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center 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 CBC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Interstate Blood and Plasma - Kenosha, WI 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR MEDIC Regional Blood Center 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Topeka 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Fertilizer & Grain Co 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Streb Construction Co., Inc. 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliber Concrete LLC 53 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 G M Contracting, Inc. 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 5840 - Harrisburg 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Deseret Cattle Feeders 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR TriStaff Group 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sonic Drive-In Roseville #6522 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Basalite - Carson City 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Forest Ridge Labor, LLC 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE VRS Oklahoma City,OK 53 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.