Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~111 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames runs at 36% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames: 1.2 TCR = 36% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

81/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% 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

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames: 0.0 → 1.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 1.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames's TCR rose 1.9 from 0.0 in 2020 to 1.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.2 · 36% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #16/211
PHOTO Store 1203
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~111 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 1203 (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.2
Store 1203

1.2
ABS-0020-0022-

1.2
ABS-0030-0030-

1.2
SWY-0005-0005-

1.2

What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames averages 1.2 TCR (36% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.9 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames (111 employees, TCR 1.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 093 Ames has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	Injuries
2024	1.9	1
2023	1.8	1
2020	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · Ames

30,654 Grocery stores 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Store 1203	ATHENS, AL	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ABS-0020-0022-00714 FAC-00714-HAMMOND-LA	HAMMOND, LA	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ABS-0030-0030-00166 FAC-00166-CALDWELL-ID	CALDWELL, ID	1.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SWY-0005-0005-01554 FAC-01554-RAPID CITY-SD	RAPID CITY, SD	1.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	DMAT - Altoona Service Center	ALTOONA	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corell Contractor, Inc.	WEST DES MOINES	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Hydaker-Wheatlake - Iowa Statewide	NEWTON	111 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shaw Electric, Inc.	DAVENPORT	111 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - University Wide	Ames	13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - On Campus	Ames	12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital	Ames	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR	Monolith Nebraska LLC - OC1	Hallam, NE	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Greenville Tube Company	Clarksville, AR	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	SOEST	Honolulu, HI	1.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Andover YMCA Community Center	Andover, MN	1.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	E Ink - South Hadley	South Hadley, MA	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Williamson County Sheriff Department	Marion, IL	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Johnstech International	Minneapolis, MN	111 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berry Global	Greenville, SC	111 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, 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.