Plasmapheresis Center · Iowa

Ames, IA- BioLife

Ames, IA · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
10.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ames, IA- BioLife runs at 278% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade F.

Ames, IA- BioLife: 10.6 TCR = 278% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ames, IA- BioLife safety composite

Ames, IA- BioLife scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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 10.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ames, IA- BioLife: 9.5 → 11.6 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 11.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.27× in 2021

Ames, IA- BioLife's TCR rose 2.1 from 9.5 in 2020 to 11.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 10.6 · 278% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #38/48
  • PHOTO AMERICAN RED CROSS -…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMERICAN RED CROSS - 20 S MOUNT AUBURN RD (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ames, IA- BioLife in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ames, IA- BioLife averages 10.6 TCR (278% 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 TCR series: 2020=9.5 · 2021=11.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Ames, IA- BioLife falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 8% 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 #38 safest of 48 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Iowa.

Ames, IA- BioLife (60 employees, TCR 10.6) 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
Ames, IA- BioLife (60 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Ames, IA- BioLife 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
2021 11.6 2.9 4 0 0
2020 9.5 2.4 4 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 AMERICAN RED CROSS - 20 S MOUNT AUBURN RD 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Tissue Services 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LifeShare Blood Center - Baton Rouge 10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Terre Haute-Locust, IN - Biomat 10.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE MAIN OFFICE 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Total Maintenance, Inc. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan's Overhead Doors & More 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Inc 60 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 ONT Ontario HDL 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Good Samaritan Home & Rehab 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Haven of Flagstaff, LLC 10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZNEW 10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Matt Saxe Chevrolet Buick, Inc. 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mauser USA LLC-Plastics 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Motor Racing Network 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Brooklyn, New York 60 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: 2021, 2020. 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.