Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work · Iowa

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors

Ames, IA · ~91 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work workplace, earning a grade D.

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors: 4.4 TCR = 157% of Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors safety composite

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 28%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 28% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−3.9

2016→2024

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors injury rate improved

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors's TCR fell 3.9 from 5.1 in 2016 to 1.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 9.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.27× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=5.6 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=1.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238210 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 157% of ind

  • DART 1.2 DART
  • RANK #41/61
  • PHOTO COIL, Inc
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 31 inj
  • SIZE ~91 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: COIL, Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors averages 4.4 TCR (157% of the Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work BLS benchmark).

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

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=1.1 · 2018=4.2 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=5.6 · 2022=9.1 · 2023=5.8 · 2024=1.2 · BLS 2.8

Where Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors falls in its industry

4,550 Electrical, electrical wiring, establishments

Safer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 61 Electrical, electrical wiring, employers in Iowa.

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors (91 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors
Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors (91 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 63 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Nikkel & Associates, Inc dba NAI Electrical Contractors has more employees than the Electrical, electrical wiring, and low v median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 1.2 1.2 1 0 0
2023 5.8 3.5 5 0 0
2022 9.1 8.0 8 0 0
2020 5.6 5.6 5 0 0
2019 3.1 0.0 3 0 0
2018 4.2 4.2 4 0 0
2017 1.1 1.1 1 0 0
2016 5.1 4.1 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238210 · IA · Ames

4,550 Electrical, electrical wiring, and low voltage electrical work 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 COIL, Inc 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR KND Licensed Electrical Contracting & Services, Corp 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR R&A Enterprises of Carbondale Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3907 Dodds Avenue 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Trans Ova Genetics LC 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Neal North 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Louisa Generating Station 91 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ames-West Operating 91 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 D. B. Cheerleaders, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR EnerSys Romeoville 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sherrill, Inc. Greensboro 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Fresh Market 157 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raleigh 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Boston Construction 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plant McDonough 91 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grimm Construction, Inc. 91 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, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.