Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing · Iowa

BASF Ames 801

Ames, IA · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF Ames 801 runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

BASF Ames 801: 4.1 TCR = 125% of Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF Ames 801 safety composite

BASF Ames 801 scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−4.7

2018→2019

BASF Ames 801 injury rate improved

BASF Ames 801's TCR fell 4.7 from 6.5 in 2018 to 1.8 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.5 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.5 · 2019=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325130 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 125% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P32
  • PHOTO Sun Chemical
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sun Chemical (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF Ames 801 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows BASF Ames 801 averages 4.1 TCR (125% of the Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

BASF Ames 801 TCR series: 2018=6.5 · 2019=1.8 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF Ames 801 falls in its industry

75 Color pigments, inorganic (exc establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
BASF Ames 801 (55 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF Ames 801
BASF Ames 801 (55 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.5

BASF Ames 801 has fewer employees than the Color pigments, inorganic (except bone b median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2019 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2018 6.5 1.6 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325130 · IA · Ames

75 Color pigments, inorganic (except bone black, carbon black, lamp black), manufacturing 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 Sun Chemical 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Heucotech Ltd. 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ORGANIC DYES AND PIGMENTS - UNION 4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ethos Biosciences, Inc. 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakridge 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Altoona- Streets 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Traffic Control, Inc. 55 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 JM Foods, Inc. 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Amity Mold Company 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Sante' of Chandler 4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 5472-Swy 0035 2883 4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Columbus NE Service Center 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4054-Abs 0021 0232 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE REN049 Atlanta 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6962-Abs 0028 1376 55 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. 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.