Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) · Iowa

Library

Ames, IA · ~69 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.3
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Library runs at 763% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) workplace, earning a grade F.

Library: 5.3 TCR = 763% of Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS 0.7 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Library safety composite

Library scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 71% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Library: 0.0 → 7.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 7.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

Library's TCR rose 7.3 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.3 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.8 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 519120 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.3 · 763% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO City of Anaheim, Cen…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Anaheim, Central Library (0.1 TCR gap)

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Library in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Library averages 5.3 TCR (763% of the Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) BLS benchmark).

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

Library TCR series: 2016=0 · 2019=7.8 · 2020=6.2 · 2021=7.3 · BLS 0.7

Where Library falls in its industry

89 Libraries (except motion pictu establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Libraries (except motion pictu employers in Iowa.

Library (69 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 02004006008001,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Library
Library (69 employees, TCR 5.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Library has more employees than the Libraries (except motion picture stock f median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 7.3 0.0 3 0 0
2020 6.2 6.2 2 0 0
2019 7.8 0.0 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

519120 · IA · Ames

89 Libraries (except motion picture stock footage, motion picture commercial distribution) 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR City of Anaheim, Central Library 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgeport Public Library 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hagaman Memorial Library 5.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Russell Library 5.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Red Oak) 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE 175 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Life Science - Council Bluffs 69 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - University Wide 13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISU - On Campus 12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital 1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mary Greeley Medical Center 1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR Haig's Delicacies 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Am-Ex 709 5.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 4813-48130009-Freeman Expo Dallas Branch 5.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Phoenix Windsong 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Associate Jobbers Warehouse-15 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pathway Rehabilitation Hospital 69 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.