Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric · Iowa

City of Ames - Electric Production

Ames, IA · ~38 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.9
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Ames - Electric Production runs at 574% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Ames - Electric Production: 6.9 TCR = 574% of Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Ames - Electric Production safety composite

City of Ames - Electric Production scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 2%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.1

2022→2024

City of Ames - Electric Production injury rate improved

City of Ames - Electric Production's TCR fell 2.1 from 7.6 in 2022 to 5.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.4× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=7.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221112 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 6.9 · 574% of ind

  • DART 2.7 DART
  • RANK #13/13
  • PHOTO Heorot Power
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~38 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heorot Power (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Ames - Electric Production in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Ames - Electric Production averages 6.9 TCR (574% of the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric BLS benchmark).

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

City of Ames - Electric Production TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=5.5 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Ames - Electric Production falls in its industry

846 Power generation, fossil fuel establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 13 Power generation, fossil fuel employers in Iowa.

City of Ames - Electric Production (38 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Ames - Electric Production
City of Ames - Electric Production (38 employees, TCR 6.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 59 employees and a TCR of 1.5

City of Ames - Electric Production has fewer employees than the Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coa median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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 5.5 2.7 2 0 0
2023 7.6 7.6 2 1 0
2022 7.6 5.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221112 · IA · Ames

846 Power generation, fossil fuel (e.g., coal, gas, oil), electric 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 Heorot Power 6.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AVEC Village Operations 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR KCP&L - Lee's Summit Service Center 6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aurora Energy, LLC 7.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2050-Clarion, IA 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waukon Feed Ranch Agronomy Center 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rognes Corp 38 FTE
STATE-SIZE SECONDARY ROADS 38 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 MR Delivery Inc. 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR R & J Trucking Gray Court Terminal 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Wabash Little Falls 6.9 TCR
NAT-TCR MES Delivery LLC 6.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Westpoint Office 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Peregrine Transportation 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Town of Normal - Engineering, Inspections, and Facilities Management 38 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Grady Starbucks 38 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.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.