Child day care centers · Iowa
It Takes A Village Child Care
Waterloo, IA · ~30 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 17.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
It Takes A Village Child Care runs at 468% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Child day care centers workplace, earning a grade F.
It Takes A Village Child Care: 17.8 TCR = 468% of Child day care centers BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
It Takes A Village Child Care safety composite
It Takes A Village Child Care scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 5%), 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).
26/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 17.79 per 100 workers
Safer than 5% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 32% 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
−57.5
2021→2024
It Takes A Village Child Care injury rate improved
It Takes A Village Child Care's TCR fell 57.5 from 62.8 in 2021 to 5.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 62.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2021=62.8 · 2022=16.3 · 2023=31.8 · 2024=5.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 624410 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 17.8 · 468% of ind
- DART 5.3 DART
- RANK #6/6
- PHOTO Astor Services for C…
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 5 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Astor Services for Children & Families- ECP- Beacon (0.0 TCR gap)
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It Takes A Village Child Care in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
It Takes A Village Child Care
17.8 TCR
- Astor Services
Astor Services for Children & Families- ECP- Beacon
17.8 TCR
- New Horizon Ac
New Horizon Academy #32
17.6 TCR
- New Horizon Ac
New Horizon Academy #4004
17.4 TCR
- New Horizon Ac
New Horizon Academy #69
17.2 TCR
What this shows It Takes A Village Child Care averages 17.8 TCR (468% of the Child day care centers BLS benchmark).
It Takes A Village Child Care TCR series: 2021=62.8 · 2022=16.3 · 2023=31.8 · 2024=5.3 · BLS 3.8
Where It Takes A Village Child Care falls in its industry
272 Child day care centers establishmentsSafer than 5% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Child day care centers employers in Iowa.
It Takes A Village Child Care has fewer employees than the Child day care centers median and a higher 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 | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 31.8 | 31.8 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 62.8 | 62.8 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
624410 · IA · Waterloo
272 Child day care centers 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 | Astor Services for Children & Families- ECP- Beacon | 17.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Horizon Academy #32 | 17.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Horizon Academy #4004 | 17.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | New Horizon Academy #69 | 17.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Beck's Mount Pleasant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa Laborers | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Plant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kading Construction Company Inc | 30 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 | Hoxie Landscape Services, Inc | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0187 So. San Francisco | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bernard Care Center | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rawah-Napa County | 17.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Waco Modular Manufacturing, LLC | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Brey Krause Mfg | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Supervalu 2189 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | McClure | 30 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.