School districts, elementary or secondary · Iowa

Ashland Ridge Elementary School

Name: Ashland Ridge Elementary School Workplace Safety Data
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Ankeny, IA · ~65 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 4.5
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ashland Ridge Elementary School runs at 319% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical School districts, elementary or secondary workplace, earning a grade F.

Ashland Ridge Elementary School: 4.5 TCR = 319% of School districts, elementary or secondary BLS 1.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ashland Ridge Elementary School safety composite

Ashland Ridge Elementary School scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 5%), 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).

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 4.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers
DART rate: F 8.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 5% 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

Ashland Ridge Elementary School: 0.0 → 8.7 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 8.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.96× in 2019

Ashland Ridge Elementary School's TCR rose 8.7 from 0.0 in 2016 to 8.7 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.96× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611110 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 319% of ind

DART 8.7 DART
RANK #19/24
PHOTO Richmond Community S…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 6 inj
SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Richmond Community Schools-Starr Elementary (0.0 TCR gap)

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Charles F. Tig

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What this shows Ashland Ridge Elementary School averages 4.5 TCR (319% of the School districts, elementary or secondary BLS benchmark).

Ashland Ridge Elementary School TCR series: 2016=0 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=8.7 · BLS 1.4

Where Ashland Ridge Elementary School falls in its industry

3,374 School districts, elementary o establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 24 School districts, elementary o employers in Iowa.

Ashland Ridge Elementary School (65 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 3.8

Ashland Ridge Elementary School has fewer employees than the School districts, elementary or secondar median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2019	8.7	8.7	4
2018	4.7	2.3	2
2016	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611110 · IA · Ankeny

3,374 School districts, elementary or secondary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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	Richmond Community Schools-Starr Elementary	RICHMOND, IN	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Driggs Elementary School	WATERBURY, CT	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Buffalo High School	BUFFALO, MN	4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Charles F. Tigard Elementary	TIGARD, OR	4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	PDA Duane Arnold	PALO	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dubuque Operating Center	DUBUQUE	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forrest and Associate Inc	DES MOINES	65 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Rapids, IA/Quad Cities HVAC	CEDAR RAPIDS	65 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Des Moines Works	Ankeny	1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Works	Ankeny	1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PDI	Ankeny	859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baker Group	Ankeny	617 FTE
NAT-TCR	Enterprise Reno Airport-5461	Reno, NV	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	2323 Thompson Way	Santa Maria, CA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ga 415 Veterans Memoria	Cumming, GA	4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eaton County Health & Rehabilitation Services	Charlotte, MI	4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Athens Office/Service Center	Athens, OH	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Tops 233	Springville, NY	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	San Diego Mission Valley - Resort	San Diego, CA	65 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Wyndham Cypress Palms, Orlando - Sales	Kissimmee, FL	65 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: 2019, 2018, 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.