Used merchandise stores · Iowa

Independence Store

Independence, IA · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independence Store runs at 104% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade C.

Independence Store: 3.5 TCR = 104% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Store safety composite

Independence Store scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 69% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−0.6

2021→2024

Independence Store injury rate improved

Independence Store's TCR fell 0.6 from 0.6 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 6.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=0.6 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.5 · 104% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #24/54
  • PHOTO Mt. Washington Store
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Mt. Washington Store (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independence Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence Store averages 3.5 TCR (104% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

Independence Store TCR series: 2021=0.6 · 2022=6.9 · 2023=6.8 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Independence Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 69% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 54 Used merchandise stores employers in Iowa.

Independence Store (25 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Independence Store
Independence Store (25 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Independence Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 6.8 6.8 1 0 0
2022 6.9 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.6 0.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IA · Independence

1,556 Used merchandise stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Mt. Washington Store 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill of the Rainier and Olympic Region 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill Industries of Denver - Lake Arbor 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Baltimore Processing Center 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indepedence Store 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR INDEPENDENCE PLANT 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Montoursville Office, Plant and Shop 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Crystal Window & Door Systems, Ltd - New York 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Baptist Village J Olan Jones Center 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Mg San Antonio Retail 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tartaglia 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Havenwood Concrete 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 090-Jacksonville 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Home Health & Hospice 25 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. 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.