Community social service program administration · Iowa

North Star Community Services

Waterloo, IA · ~129 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

North Star Community Services runs at 106% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Community social service program administration workplace, earning a grade C.

North Star Community Services: 3.4 TCR = 106% of Community social service program administration BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

North Star Community Services safety composite

North Star Community Services scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−5.7

2017→2024

North Star Community Services injury rate improved

North Star Community Services's TCR fell 5.7 from 6.3 in 2017 to 0.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 6.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=6.3 · 2024=0.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 923130 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 106% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P25
  • PHOTO DES Call Center 2
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: DES Call Center 2 (0.1 TCR gap)

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North Star Community Services in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows North Star Community Services averages 3.4 TCR (106% of the Community social service program administration BLS benchmark).

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

North Star Community Services TCR series: 2017=6.3 · 2024=0.6 · BLS 3.2

Where North Star Community Services falls in its industry

169 Community social service progr establishments

Safer than 25% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
North Star Community Services (129 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 1.7 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 North Star Community Services
North Star Community Services (129 employees, TCR 3.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 159 employees and a TCR of 1.7

North Star Community Services has fewer employees than the Community social service program adminis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.7. 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 0.6 0.0 4 0 0
2017 6.3 2.1 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

923130 · IA · Waterloo

169 Community social service program administration employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 DES Call Center 2 3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ANDERSON COUNTY-DCBS 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Town of Hamden - Community Services 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR SSA CRO 3.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Murphy Tower Service LLC 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE HAWKEYE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF CEDAR RAPIDS, LTD 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa City 129 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6568 129 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR Cadiz Crude Fleet 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Colton 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Total Network Manufacturing LLC 3.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Suburban Cabinet Shop 3.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Store 035 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE D. W. White Construction, Inc. 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carencro Nursing Home, LLC 129 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dadeville Healthcare Center 129 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, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.