Water treatment and distribution · Iowa

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant

Ames, IA · ~24 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.3
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Water treatment and distribution workplace, earning a grade C.

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant: 1.3 TCR = 106% of Water treatment and distribution BLS 1.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant safety composite

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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

−3.8

2022→2024

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant injury rate improved

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant's TCR fell 3.8 from 3.8 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 3.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=3.8 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221310 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.3 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #2/18
  • PHOTO Genesee County Water…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Genesee County Water Treatment Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant averages 1.3 TCR (106% of the Water treatment and distribution BLS benchmark).

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

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant TCR series: 2022=3.8 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 1.2

Where City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant falls in its industry

727 Water treatment and distributi establishments

Safer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 18 Water treatment and distributi employers in Iowa.

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant (24 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2 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 0100200300 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant
City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant (24 employees, TCR 1.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 4.2

City of Ames - Water Treatment Plant has fewer employees than the Water treatment and distribution median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.2. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 3.8 3.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221310 · IA · Ames

727 Water treatment and distribution 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 Genesee County Water Treatment Plant 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Saint Peters Service Center 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sterling Water, Inc 1.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aqua Services, Inc. - Cary 1.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 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 IES Communications, LLC - Denver 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Boehringer Ingelheim Athens Georgia 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 5228 Fayetteville MLK 1.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Holman Logistics International 1.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE S&H Joplin 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Shaw Builders Inc. 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cambridge-Lee Industries LLC Fayetteville Facility 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Citadel Services Inc 24 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.