Cable television networks · Iowa

Mediacom Ames, IA.

Ames, IA · ~30 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
3.3
Avg TCR
0.7
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Mediacom Ames, IA. runs at 476% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Cable television networks workplace, earning a grade F.

Mediacom Ames, IA.: 3.3 TCR = 476% of Cable television networks BLS 0.7 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Mediacom Ames, IA. safety composite

Mediacom Ames, IA. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 55% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.5

2017→2024

Mediacom Ames, IA. injury rate improved

Mediacom Ames, IA.'s TCR fell 5.5 from 9.0 in 2017 to 3.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 9.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 515210 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 3.3 · 476% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #6/13
  • PHOTO Joplin 335
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~30 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Joplin 335 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Mediacom Ames, IA. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Mediacom Ames, IA. averages 3.3 TCR (476% of the Cable television networks BLS benchmark).

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

Mediacom Ames, IA. TCR series: 2017=9 · 2018=0 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=7.6 · 2024=3.5 · BLS 0.7

Where Mediacom Ames, IA. falls in its industry

611 Cable television networks establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

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 13 Cable television networks employers in Iowa.

Mediacom Ames, IA. (30 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 0100200300400500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Mediacom Ames, IA.
Mediacom Ames, IA. (30 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 89 employees and a TCR of 4.0

Mediacom Ames, IA. has fewer employees than the Cable television networks median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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 3.5 3.5 1 0 0
2023 7.6 3.8 2 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 3.1 3.1 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 9.0 3.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

515210 · IA · Ames

611 Cable television networks 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 Joplin 335 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 427 Eaton Rd 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 12121 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 166 Hanover Street 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Mount Pleasant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Laborers 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMEREN MISSOURI - Keokuk Plant 30 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kading Construction Company Inc 30 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 Indiana University Health, Inc. Saxony Hospital 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR ModuleXSolutions 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Grannas Bros. Stone & Asphalt Co., Inc 3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR US Tool Group - Palmdale O.C. 3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Charleston Store #1902 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Coatings Manufacturing Corp. 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Greenwell Chisholm Printing 30 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landfill 30 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.