Automotive Parts · Iowa

DC 18 - Ankeny

Ankeny, IA · ~55 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC 18 - Ankeny runs at 8% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automotive Parts workplace, earning a grade A.

DC 18 - Ankeny: 0.5 TCR = 8% of Automotive Parts BLS 5.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC 18 - Ankeny safety composite

DC 18 - Ankeny scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% 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).

B

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.47 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.3

2018→2024

DC 18 - Ankeny injury rate improved

DC 18 - Ankeny's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.3 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493110 · Ankeny, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 8% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/102
  • PHOTO Howmet - Logistics
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Howmet - Logistics (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC 18 - Ankeny in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC 18 - Ankeny averages 0.5 TCR (8% of the Automotive Parts BLS benchmark).

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

DC 18 - Ankeny TCR series: 2018=2.3 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.8

Where DC 18 - Ankeny falls in its industry

9,477 Automotive Parts establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 102 Automotive Parts employers in Iowa.

DC 18 - Ankeny (55 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate DC 18 - Ankeny
DC 18 - Ankeny (55 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 3.5

DC 18 - Ankeny has fewer employees than the Automotive Parts median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 2.3 2.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493110 · IA · Ankeny

9,477 Automotive Parts employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 Howmet - Logistics 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Quality Group, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3003 Woodbridge Avenue 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR KOI Distribution - Dallas PDC 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakridge 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Altoona- Streets 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Traffic Control, Inc. 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR CBI Fort Lauderdale 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Integrated Control Technologies 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR IEP Technologies LLC 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Arc Electric Construction Co Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE DC 28 - Romeoville 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Correctional Facility 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Johnson County Government 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tampco Inc. 55 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, 2021, 2018. 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.