Engineering services · Iowa
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center
Waterloo, IA · ~1,492 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 0.3
- Avg TCR
- 0.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center runs at 52% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Engineering services workplace, earning a grade B.
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center: 0.3 TCR = 52% of Engineering services BLS 0.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center safety composite
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).
70/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 0.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 70% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% 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
−0.4
2020→2021
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center injury rate improved
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center's TCR fell 0.4 from 0.5 in 2020 to 0.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 0.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2020=0.5 · 2021=0.1
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 541330 · Waterloo, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade B · TCR 0.3 · 52% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/10
- PHOTO SAMES Inc
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~1,492 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: SAMES Inc (0.0 TCR gap)
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John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site 0.3
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center
0.3 TCR
- SAMES Inc 0.3
SAMES Inc
0.3 TCR
- Yates Engineer 0.3
Yates Engineering Services LLC
0.3 TCR
- Patricio Enter 0.3
Patricio Enterprises
0.3 TCR
- Ghirardelli As 0.3
Ghirardelli Associates, Inc
0.3 TCR
What this shows John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center averages 0.3 TCR (52% of the Engineering services BLS benchmark).
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center TCR series: 2020=0.5 · 2021=0.1 · BLS 0.5
Where John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center falls in its industry
690 Engineering services establishmentsSafer than 81% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 10 Engineering services employers in Iowa.
John Deere Waterloo Product Engineering Center has more employees than the Engineering services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.9. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
541330 · IA · Waterloo
690 Engineering services 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 | SAMES Inc | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Yates Engineering Services LLC | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Patricio Enterprises | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ghirardelli Associates, Inc | 0.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Council Bluffs Case Rdy Plant | 1,486 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center | 1,508 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | South Ice Cream Plant | 1,523 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | JD Waterloo Tractor & Cab Assembly Operations | 1,437 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 | HoneywellAZ17 | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Globalfoundries Malta - Fab 8 | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Peoplenet Communications Corp Minnetonka | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Haldor Topsoe, Inc. | 0.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | OR001 | 1,492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - ATL6 | 1,492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 600 Other | 1,492 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | San Diego Ship Repair | 1,492 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.