Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) · Illinois

City of Ames - CyRide

Ames, IL · ~209 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Ames - CyRide runs at 89% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) workplace, earning a grade C.

City of Ames - CyRide: 4.0 TCR = 89% of Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Ames - CyRide safety composite

City of Ames - CyRide scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

City of Ames - CyRide: 3.3 → 4.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 4.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2024

City of Ames - CyRide's TCR rose 1.6 from 3.3 in 2022 to 4.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 485113 · Ames, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.0 · 89% of ind

  • DART 4.1 DART
  • RANK #5/20
  • PHOTO 8354_19001
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~209 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 8354_19001 (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Ames - CyRide in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Ames - CyRide averages 4.0 TCR (89% of the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) BLS benchmark).

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

City of Ames - CyRide TCR series: 2022=3.3 · 2023=3.8 · 2024=4.9 · BLS 4.5

Where City of Ames - CyRide falls in its industry

332 Bus transit systems (except mi establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 20 Bus transit systems (except mi employers in Illinois.

City of Ames - CyRide (209 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Ames - CyRide
City of Ames - CyRide (209 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 5.3

City of Ames - CyRide has more employees than the Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2024 4.9 4.1 6 0 0
2023 3.8 1.5 5 0 0
2022 3.3 1.7 3 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

485113 · IL · Ames

332 Bus transit systems (except mixed mode) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 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 8354_19001 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6091-593 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Johnson County 55838 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 55424 Houston Fixed Route 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Painters USA, Inc. 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE IL02 - Burr Ridge Fulfillment Center 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Parsons Company INC 209 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ecolab Manufacturing Roscoe 209 FTE
NAT-TCR Mercy Medical Center Redding 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR City of New Brighton Community Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - HGA6 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR A3 Logistics 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE ZF Active Safety US Inc. 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Honeywell International 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Seaboard Marine, LTD, Inc 209 FTE
NAT-SIZE Amazon.com Services LLC - WTX5 209 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: 2024, 2023, 2022. 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.