Distribution of natural gas · Iowa

Ottumwa Service Center

Ottumwa, IA · ~29 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ottumwa Service Center runs at 336% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Distribution of natural gas workplace, earning a grade F.

Ottumwa Service Center: 4.0 TCR = 336% of Distribution of natural gas BLS 1.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ottumwa Service Center safety composite

Ottumwa Service Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 29%), 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)
F 4.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−2.2

2016→2024

Ottumwa Service Center injury rate improved

Ottumwa Service Center's TCR fell 2.2 from 6.3 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221210 · Ottumwa, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.0 · 336% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #8/8
  • PHOTO Compton Base - Bld: …
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Compton Base - Bld: 0141 - 15 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ottumwa Service Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ottumwa Service Center averages 4.0 TCR (336% of the Distribution of natural gas BLS benchmark).

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

Ottumwa Service Center TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=2.9 · 2018=6.5 · 2019=0 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=4 · 2022=4.6 · 2023=4.4 · 2024=4.1 · BLS 1.2

Where Ottumwa Service Center falls in its industry

1,153 Distribution of natural gas establishments

Safer than 29% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 8 Distribution of natural gas employers in Iowa.

Ottumwa Service Center (29 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Ottumwa Service Center
Ottumwa Service Center (29 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Ottumwa Service Center has fewer employees than the Distribution of natural gas median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 4.1 0.0 0 1 0
2023 4.4 0.0 0 1 0
2022 4.6 4.6 1 0 0
2021 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.5 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 6.5 6.5 2 0 0
2017 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2016 6.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221210 · IA · Ottumwa

1,153 Distribution of natural gas employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 57 employers in Ottumwa, 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 Compton Base - Bld: 0141 - 15 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR AGLC Conyers Service Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2000 RELIANCE PKWY BEDFORD TX 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3275 HIGHLAND POINT DR OWENSBORO KY 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FDML Forest City 0016 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dogwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwood Sow Unit 29 FTE
STATE-SIZE Montgomery Valley Farms 29 FTE
CITY-NEAR JBS 2,121 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Works 789 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Ottumwa Works 758 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ottumwa Regional Health Center 573 FTE
NAT-TCR Stoughton Office 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR HopeWest - Ferris Care Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Main Office - 01 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Central Bakery 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Portage Service Bldg 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homewood Alafaya 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Homewood Canton 29 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tecta America WeatherGuard 29 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, 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.