Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · Iowa
Hydrite - Waterloo IA
Waterloo, IA · ~116 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Hydrite - Waterloo IA runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Hydrite - Waterloo IA: 2.5 TCR = 114% of Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Hydrite - Waterloo IA safety composite
Hydrite - Waterloo IA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).
42/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 2.51 per 100 workers
Safer than 40% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 0.68 per 100 workers
Safer than 39% 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
−3.5
2016→2024
Hydrite - Waterloo IA injury rate improved
Hydrite - Waterloo IA's TCR fell 3.5 from 4.2 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=4.2 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 424690 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 114% of ind
- DART 0.7 DART
- RANK #3/11
- PHOTO Phoenix
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 25 inj
- SIZE ~116 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Phoenix (0.0 TCR gap)
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Hydrite - Waterloo IA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Hydrite - Waterloo IA
2.5 TCR
- Phoenix
Phoenix
2.5 TCR
- Nalco Water:
Nalco Water: WL183, WL187 - West Region Spokane WA
2.5 TCR
- SED
SED
2.5 TCR
- Walsh & Associ
Walsh & Associates, Inc. - STL
2.5 TCR
What this shows Hydrite - Waterloo IA averages 2.5 TCR (114% of the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Hydrite - Waterloo IA TCR series: 2016=4.2 · 2017=4.4 · 2018=7.6 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.7 · BLS 2.2
Where Hydrite - Waterloo IA falls in its industry
766 Other Chemical and Allied Prod establishmentsSafer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 11 Other Chemical and Allied Prod employers in Iowa.
Hydrite - Waterloo IA has more employees than the Other Chemical and Allied Products Merch median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
424690 · IA · Waterloo
766 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers 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 | Phoenix | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Nalco Water: WL183, WL187 - West Region Spokane WA | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SED | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Walsh & Associates, Inc. - STL | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Knife River Midwest | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Camso Manufacturing USA, Ltd. | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Loffredo Fresh Foods | 116 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2807-1712 | 116 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 | Ottawa Plant | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | FoodTown #012 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | NGK Ceramics USA, Inc. | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Stein's Garden & Home Bellevue | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Miller Insulation Fargo Branch | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1102 - NSM Sellwood | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | FV Northern Eagle | 116 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pitt Ohio - Washington | 116 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.