Plasma Collection · Iowa

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center

Iowa City, IA · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center runs at 90% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plasma Collection workplace, earning a grade C.

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center: 3.4 TCR = 90% of Plasma Collection BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center safety composite

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−10.2

2016→2020

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center injury rate improved

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center's TCR fell 10.2 from 10.2 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 10.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.2 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Iowa City, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 90% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #11/48
  • PHOTO Gresham 055
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gresham 055 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center averages 3.4 TCR (90% of the Plasma Collection BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center TCR series: 2016=10.2 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=3.7 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center falls in its industry

1,713 Plasma Collection establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 48 Plasma Collection employers in Iowa.

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center (45 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center
Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center (45 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Iowa City Biotest Plasma Center has more employees than the Plasma Collection median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 3.7 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2016 10.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IA · Iowa City

1,713 Plasma Collection employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 131 employers in Iowa City, 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 Gresham 055 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Austin 10230 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jackson 156 3.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Community Blood Center Portland 3.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bushel Boy - Mason City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amana Farms, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Opal Foods Hampton 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Service Center 45 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1918-19187610 29,553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Iowa City North Dodge (ICND) 940 FTE
CITY-NEAR 8010516-P and G Iowa City 772 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Iowa City 721 FTE
NAT-TCR CCG:CG037 - CG037- Tucker,GA 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Gresham 055 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Courtyard by Marriott Cleveland Independence 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Tmx2481 - Southern Colorado 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Action Environmental, LLC Sylacauga, AL 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gateway Family house, LLC 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE San Antonio Biotest Plasma Center 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE KCL:KC131 - KC131- West Michigan 45 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.