Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Iowa

Karl Chevrolet, Inc.

Ankeny, IA · ~580 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. runs at 96% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade C.

Karl Chevrolet, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 96% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. safety composite

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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%).

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Karl Chevrolet, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.3 from 3.0 in 2021 to 3.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 5.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=3.0 · 2022=5.0 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=3.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Ankeny, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.3 · 96% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #10/31
  • PHOTO 2047
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 92 inj
  • SIZE ~580 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 2047 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Karl Chevrolet, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Karl Chevrolet, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (96% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

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

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. TCR series: 2021=3 · 2022=5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Karl Chevrolet, Inc. falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 51% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 31 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Iowa.

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. (580 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Karl Chevrolet, Inc.
Karl Chevrolet, Inc. (580 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Karl Chevrolet, Inc. has more employees than the Automobile dealers, new only or new and median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 3.3 1.3 32 1 0
2023 1.8 0.8 18 0 0
2022 5.0 2.3 22 0 0
2021 3.0 1.5 20 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · IA · Ankeny

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only or new and used employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 2047 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2080 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Volvo of Midlothian 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beaman Ford, Inc. 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rockwell Collins Inc (Coralville IA) 582 FTE
STATE-SIZE Knoxville 583 FTE
STATE-SIZE VDSCWC 584 FTE
STATE-SIZE CNH_Burlington 576 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Salem Facility LLC 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Guardian Corsicana 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Sweet Virginia Care 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Irondale High School 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Facility Services Management, Inc. 580 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bioventus, LLC Durham 580 FTE
NAT-SIZE 111 Arizona Corporate 580 FTE
NAT-SIZE City Ops Bldg./Development Services/Fire Station #1 580 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.