Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing · Iowa

Danfoss Power Solutions

Ames, IA · ~1,153 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Danfoss Power Solutions runs at 29% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

Danfoss Power Solutions: 1.0 TCR = 29% of Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Danfoss Power Solutions safety composite

Danfoss Power Solutions scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% 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

Danfoss Power Solutions: 0.5 → 0.9 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 1.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.76× in 2023

Danfoss Power Solutions's TCR rose 0.5 from 0.5 in 2020 to 0.9 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2021 at 1.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.76× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333996 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 29% of ind

  • DART 0.7 DART
  • RANK P78
  • PHOTO Hydro-Gear, Sullivan
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 23 inj
  • SIZE ~1,153 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hydro-Gear, Sullivan (0.0 TCR gap)

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Danfoss Power Solutions in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Danfoss Power Solutions averages 1.0 TCR (29% of the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Danfoss Power Solutions TCR series: 2020=0.5 · 2021=1.3 · 2022=1.2 · 2023=0.9 · BLS 3.3

Where Danfoss Power Solutions falls in its industry

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, establishments

Safer than 78% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Danfoss Power Solutions (1,153 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Danfoss Power Solutions
Danfoss Power Solutions (1,153 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 128 employees and a TCR of 2.3

Danfoss Power Solutions has more employees than the Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, manufactur median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2023 0.9 0.7 9 1 0
2022 1.2 0.2 4 9 0
2021 1.3 0.4 6 6 0
2020 0.5 0.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333996 · IA · Ames

74 Hydraulic pumps, fluid power, 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 Hydro-Gear, Sullivan 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Aerzen USA 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sundyne LLC 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Motion Systems : Marysville 0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Mercy One Siouxland Medical Center 1,158 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDT Coralville 1710 1,144 FTE
STATE-SIZE Perry Plant 1,172 FTE
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Electric Co. 1,124 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 Crossover @ Midtown 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Dawn Incorporated 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR RIC-HRP-RICHMOND 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Mountain F. Enterprises, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nazareth Hospital 1,153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vantage Data Centers 1,153 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3801 - Midlothian TX DC 1,153 FTE
NAT-SIZE BAE Norfolk Ship Repair 1,153 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. 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.