Automobile dealers, new only or new and used · Iowa

Lithia Nissan of Ames

Name: Lithia Nissan of Ames Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ames, IA · ~19 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Lithia Nissan of Ames runs at 32% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Automobile dealers, new only or new and used workplace, earning a grade A.

Lithia Nissan of Ames: 1.1 TCR = 32% of Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS 3.4 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Lithia Nissan of Ames safety composite

Lithia Nissan of Ames scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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%).

Lithia Nissan of Ames held a steady TCR band

Lithia Nissan of Ames's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441110 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 32% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #2/31
PHOTO NA-US-CO-Loveland-16…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~19 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NA-US-CO-Loveland-1606 N Lincoln Ave (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Lithia Nissan of Ames averages 1.1 TCR (32% of the Automobile dealers, new only or new and used BLS benchmark).

Lithia Nissan of Ames TCR series: 2018=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=4.3 · 2023=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Lithia Nissan of Ames falls in its industry

2,847 Automobile dealers, new only o establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 31 Automobile dealers, new only o employers in Iowa.

Lithia Nissan of Ames (19 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 69 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Lithia Nissan of Ames has fewer 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
2023	0.0	0.0	0
2022	4.3	4.3	1
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2018	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441110 · IA · Ames

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 · 170 employers in Ames, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	NA-US-CO-Loveland-1606 N Lincoln Ave	LOVELAND, CO	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Lithia of Killeen LLC, dba All American Chevrolet of Killeen	KILLEEN, TX	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Brown Honda	TOLEDO, OH	1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	EAST WH VENTURES, LLC	GREER, SC	1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Creston #1)	CRESTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Johnston Campus - JH15 Soybean Growth Chamber Building	JOHNSTON	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Midland Power Cooperative	BOONE	19 FTE
STATE-SIZE	main	GLIDDEN	19 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - University Wide	Ames	13,316 FTE
CITY-NEAR	ISU - On Campus	Ames	12,527 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center- Main Hospital	Ames	1,415 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	1,277 FTE
NAT-TCR	Worley Field Services at Mosaic Baton Rouge Operations	Saint James, LA	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Superior Fastener Co., Inc.	St. Louis, MO	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Altus Industries II Inc	Walker, MI	1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	PHA - Central Admin Office/Scattered Sites	St. Paul, MN	1.1 TCR

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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018. 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.