Used merchandise stores · Iowa

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store

Ames, IA · ~21 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.3
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Used merchandise stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store: 6.3 TCR = 184% of Used merchandise stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store safety composite

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 23%), 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

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% 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

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store: 0.0 → 7.8 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 15.7 TCR · DART/TCR 1.25× in 2020

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store's TCR rose 7.8 from 0.0 in 2016 to 7.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.7 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 453310 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.3 · 184% of ind

  • DART 7.8 DART
  • RANK #34/54
  • PHOTO Goodwill CFL - Golde…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Goodwill CFL - Goldenrod (0.0 TCR gap)

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Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store averages 6.3 TCR (184% of the Used merchandise stores BLS benchmark).

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

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=7.8 · 2018=0 · 2019=15.7 · 2020=7.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store falls in its industry

1,556 Used merchandise stores establishments

Safer than 42% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #34 safest of 54 Used merchandise stores employers in Iowa.

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store (21 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3 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 05001,0001,5002,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store
Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store (21 employees, TCR 6.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 36 employees and a TCR of 5.3

Lincoln Way Ames Ia Thrift Store has fewer employees than the Used merchandise stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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
2020 7.8 7.8 1 0 0
2019 15.7 7.8 1 1 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.8 7.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

453310 · IA · Ames

1,556 Used merchandise stores 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 Goodwill CFL - Goldenrod 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Goodwill CFL - St Cloud 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winchester Store 6.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Brigham City UT DI 6.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 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 Waco 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Ross store 157 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 0460 - Windows-Hawkins 6.3 TCR
NAT-TCR LASAN - Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant 6.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sheboygan Operations Center 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milwaukee ARC 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE Webb Concrete & Building Materials, Inc. Centre 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE VRS Ann Arbor, MI 21 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.