Animal hospitals · Iowa

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa

Independence, IA · ~39 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa runs at 1084% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal hospitals workplace, earning a grade F.

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa: 5.4 TCR = 1084% of Animal hospitals BLS 0.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa safety composite

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% 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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 5.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% 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%).

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa held a steady TCR band

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa's TCR held near 0.3 from 8.3 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.3 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.3 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 541940 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 5.4 · 1084% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P79
  • PHOTO Lakeway Animal Medic…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~39 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lakeway Animal Medical & Surgical Clinic (0.1 TCR gap)

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Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa averages 5.4 TCR (1084% of the Animal hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa TCR series: 2016=8.3 · 2018=0 · 2019=8 · BLS 0.5

Where Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa falls in its industry

261 Animal hospitals establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 12.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa (39 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0 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 0100200300400 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa
Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa (39 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 42 employees and a TCR of 12.0

Pipestone Veterinary Clinic of Iowa has fewer employees than the Animal hospitals median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 12.0. 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
2019 8.0 0.0 2 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 8.3 8.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

541940 · IA · Independence

261 Animal hospitals employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 Lakeway Animal Medical & Surgical Clinic 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Stellar Veterinary Services, LLC 5.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dade City Animal Clinic 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MedVet Indianapolis 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE GGDC 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience: MRN1: Marion IA R&D 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Electric Production 39 FTE
STATE-SIZE Crystal Lake 39 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indepedence Store 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR INDEPENDENCE PLANT 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Brandywine Hall 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brynwood Health and Rehabilitation Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Tools : MFG-Madison Heights, MI-USA 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Mattoon Rehabilitation and Health Care Center 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE La Belle Maison - Resort 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE EP Mechanical Technologies 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE US MD Hagerstown Plant 39 FTE
NAT-SIZE Auto Truck Denver 39 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: 2019, 2018, 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.