Academies, college or university · Iowa

ISU - University Wide

Name: ISU - University Wide Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~13,316 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.1
Avg TCR: 1.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

ISU - University Wide runs at 148% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Academies, college or university workplace, earning a grade D.

ISU - University Wide: 2.1 TCR = 148% of Academies, college or university BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ISU - University Wide safety composite

ISU - University Wide scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: F 0.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−0.5

2016→2017

ISU - University Wide injury rate improved

ISU - University Wide's TCR fell 0.5 from 2.3 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.3 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 611310 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 148% of ind

DART 0.8 DART
RANK #5/10
PHOTO Umpqua Community Col…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 409 inj
SIZE ~13,316 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Umpqua Community College (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows ISU - University Wide averages 2.1 TCR (148% of the Academies, college or university BLS benchmark).

ISU - University Wide TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 1.4

Where ISU - University Wide falls in its industry

347 Academies, college or universi establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 10 Academies, college or universi employers in Iowa.

ISU - University Wide (13,316 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 617 employees and a TCR of 1.5

ISU - University Wide has more employees than the Academies, college or university median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2017	1.8	0.8	200	6	0
2016	2.3	1.1	209	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

611310 · IA · Ames

347 Academies, college or university 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	Umpqua Community College	ROSEBURG, OR	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Northwest Technical College	BEMIDJI, MN	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	University of Kentucky - Main Campus - Fayette County	LEXINGTON, KY	2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MINNESOTA WEST COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE Canby	CANBY, MN	2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ISU - On Campus	AMES	12,527 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corporate Center	DES MOINES	6,292 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE)	CEDAR RAPIDS	6,179 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave	CEDAR RAPIDS	6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital	Ames	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	1,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Danfoss Power Solutions	Ames	1,153 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Iowa DOT - Accounting	Ames	821 FTE
NAT-TCR	0079 - Houston- Jersey Village	Houston, TX	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	GARCO, Inc.	Asheboro, NC	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Chatsworth Samples	Chatsworth, GA	2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	BASF Colors & Effects - Newport	Newport, DE	2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	WFBMC - Winston Campus	Winston Salem, NC	13,298 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Nationwide Children's Hospital	Columbus, OH	13,367 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Genentech SSF	South San Francisco, CA	13,259 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Division 50 University of Rochester	Rochester, NY	13,244 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: 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.