Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) · Iowa
City of Ames - Ames Police Department
Ames, IA · ~89 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 10.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
City of Ames - Ames Police Department runs at 326% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) workplace, earning a grade F.
City of Ames - Ames Police Department: 10.4 TCR = 326% of Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
City of Ames - Ames Police Department safety composite
City of Ames - Ames Police Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% 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).
50/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 10.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 44% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 54% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
City of Ames - Ames Police Department: 9.0 → 11.1 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 11.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.36× in 2024
City of Ames - Ames Police Department's TCR rose 2.2 from 9.0 in 2022 to 11.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 11.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.36× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922120 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 10.4 · 326% of ind
- DART 3.7 DART
- RANK #14/18
- PHOTO Police Department, D…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~89 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Police Department, Derby, Connecticut (0.0 TCR gap)
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City of Ames - Ames Police Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
City of Ames - Ames Police Department
10.4 TCR
- Police Departm
Police Department, Derby, Connecticut
10.4 TCR
- LVMPD - Conven
LVMPD - Convention Center Area Command
10.4 TCR
- Police
Police
10.4 TCR
- Washington Cou
Washington County Sheriffs Office
10.4 TCR
What this shows City of Ames - Ames Police Department averages 10.4 TCR (326% of the Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) BLS benchmark).
City of Ames - Ames Police Department TCR series: 2022=9 · 2023=11.1 · 2024=11.1 · BLS 3.2
Where City of Ames - Ames Police Department falls in its industry
716 Police departments (except Ame establishmentsSafer than 44% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.5.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Police departments (except Ame employers in Iowa.
City of Ames - Ames Police Department has fewer employees than the Police departments (except American Indi median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.5. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922120 · IA · Ames
716 Police departments (except American Indian or Alaska Native) 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 | Police Department, Derby, Connecticut | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | LVMPD - Convention Center Area Command | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Police | 10.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Washington County Sheriffs Office | 10.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Centrum Valley Farms Dows | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | ICF Ovation | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Muscatine Power & Water Power Plant | 89 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative | 89 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 | 1202 Osceola | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Team Brandt, LLC-3594 E Wawona Fresno | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Composite Fabrics of America | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stockyards Chophouse | 10.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | TX - Raytheon Carrollton | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Orange | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Jack in the Box 4337 | 89 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina | 89 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.