Department stores (except discount department stores) · Iowa

Ames Younkers

Name: Ames Younkers Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ames Younkers runs at 105% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade C.

Ames Younkers: 3.6 TCR = 105% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ames Younkers safety composite

Ames Younkers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 44%), 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).

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Ames Younkers held a steady TCR band

Ames Younkers's TCR held near 0.2 from 3.7 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.7 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.7 · 2017=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 105% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #11/18
PHOTO Unit #2039
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit #2039 (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.6
Unit #2039

3.6
Unit # 2866

3.6
Fairlane Town

3.6
Store 0297 Luf

3.6

What this shows Ames Younkers averages 3.6 TCR (105% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Ames Younkers TCR series: 2016=3.7 · 2017=3.5 · BLS 3.4

Where Ames Younkers falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 18 Department stores (except disc employers in Iowa.

Ames Younkers (68 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Ames Younkers has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	3.5	0.0	1	0	0
2016	3.7	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · IA · Ames

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Unit #2039	MCMINNVILLE, TN	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Unit # 2866	ASHWAUBENON, WI	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fairlane Town Center 312	DEARBORN, MI	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0297 Lufkin	LUFKIN, TX	3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Kirkman Farms, LLP	KIRKMAN	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rathbun Regional Water Association	CENTERVILLE	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Lakeside Contractors LLC	AMES	68 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midwestern Mechanical - IA	SPENCER	68 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - University Wide	Ames	13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - On Campus	Ames	12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital	Ames	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cuba Manor Inc	Cuba, MO	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	ANCHR - Charlotte- NC	Charlotte, NC	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	21Z3-U3	Roanoke, VA	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Plainville Community Schools Toffolon Elementary School	Plainville, CT	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	N and R of Clinton LLC	Clinton, MO	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Board Mill Operations	Wisconsin Rapids, WI	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Dow Chemical Co - West Alexandria, Ohio	West Alexandria, OH	68 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Home Health	East Stroudsburg, PA	68 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: 2017, 2016. 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.