Individual and family social services, multi-purpose · Iowa
Families First
Waterloo, IA · ~236 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 2.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Families First runs at 75% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Individual and family social services, multi-purpose workplace, earning a grade B.
Families First: 2.9 TCR = 75% of Individual and family social services, multi-purpose BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Families First safety composite
Families First scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.85 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0.39 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% 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
Families First: 2.7 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.14× in 2024
Families First's TCR rose 1.6 from 2.7 in 2017 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624190 · Waterloo, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 75% of ind
- DART 0.4 DART
- RANK #6/16
- PHOTO Sanford Office
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 56 inj
- SIZE ~236 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Sanford Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Families First in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Families First
2.9 TCR
- Sanford Office
Sanford Office
2.9 TCR
- North Hollywoo
North Hollywood Family Center
2.9 TCR
- Ascentria Comm
Ascentria Community Services -Concord
2.9 TCR
- 1440 Story Ave
1440 Story Avenue
2.9 TCR
What this shows Families First averages 2.9 TCR (75% of the Individual and family social services, multi-purpose BLS benchmark).
Families First TCR series: 2017=2.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=1 · 2020=3.3 · 2021=0.6 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=4.6 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.8
Where Families First falls in its industry
990 Individual and family social s establishmentsSafer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.4.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 16 Individual and family social s employers in Iowa.
Families First has more employees than the Individual and family social services, m median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.4. 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 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624190 · IA · Waterloo
990 Individual and family social services, multi-purpose employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 | Sanford Office | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | North Hollywood Family Center | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ascentria Community Services -Concord | 2.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1440 Story Avenue | 2.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | northwest Mechanical | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Nestle USA Waverly Iowa | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux Center Harvest Plant | 236 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins (Manchester) | 236 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint | 2,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations | 1,605 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Survival Armor Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 3050 Keystone E. Peoria | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Monroe | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Benson Construction, Inc. | 2.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Manke Lumber Company Inc. - Tacoma | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | General Asphalt-1- | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fairborn OH | 236 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Horizon Retail Construction Inc. | 236 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.