Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~96 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames runs at 47% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade A.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames: 1.6 TCR = 47% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 94% 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 1.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 94% 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%).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames held a steady TCR band

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.3 in 2020 to 2.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=2.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 47% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #27/211
PHOTO Trenton 10 Food Rite
BOOK 3y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Trenton 10 Food Rite (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames averages 1.6 TCR (47% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames TCR series: 2020=2.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=2.4 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 94% 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 #27 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames (96 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 386 Ames has fewer 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	DART	Injuries
2024	2.4	0.0	1
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2020	2.3	2.3	1

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	Trenton 10 Food Rite	TRENTON, TN	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Giant Eagle #4601	WADSWORTH, OH	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FAREWAY STORES, INC. 922 NEW HAMPTON	NEW HAMPTON, IA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1333	JUPITER, FL	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Waterloo Service Center	WATERLOO	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	7123_18981	DES MOINES	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Architectural Wall Systems, LLC	CLIVE	96 FTE
STATE-SIZE	US093: Indianapolis 331 - SG	INDIANAPOLIS	96 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	National Distribution Centers LLC-3722 REDLANDS AVE	Perris, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Eldercare Management Villa Marie	Jefferson City, MO	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Riverside Shore Hospice	Accomac, VA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Krueger International Bonduel Plant	Bonduel, WI	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Fareway Stores, Inc. 102 Fairmont	Fairmont, MN	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Distribution Centers LLC-910 Nestle Way	Breinigsville, PA	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Viele & Sons, Inc.	Fullerton, CA	96 FTE
NAT-SIZE	MinnState - Northland Community and Technical College East Grand Forks	East Grand Forks, MN	96 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.