Employer · Iowa

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames

Ames, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames runs at 139% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames: 3.6 TCR = 139% of industry BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames safety composite

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−7.2

2019→2020

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames injury rate improved

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames's TCR fell 7.2 from 7.2 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 7.2 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.2 · 2020=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 139% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/24
  • PHOTO S02977 - Texarkana H…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S02977 - Texarkana Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames averages 3.6 TCR (139% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames TCR series: 2019=7.2 · 2020=0 · BLS 2.6

Where S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

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 24 industry employers in Iowa.

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames (22 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames
S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames (22 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S04860 - WM of Central IA - Ames has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.2 7.2 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Ames

2,322 industry 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 S02977 - Texarkana Hauling 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S09904 - WM Laurel Hauling 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S04058 - WM of Lake Charles 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR S03191 - Anderson Cottonwood Disposal 3.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 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 VISTA DEL SOL- NorthStarr Postacute Care 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Power Equipment Systems 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR JFK Medical Center 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Piggly Wiggly 191 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE S04241 - Blue Ridge / Salem Hauling 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE S05326 - WM - Greenville 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECI Screenprint, Inc. 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Columbus Midland Retail and CC 22 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: 2020, 2019. 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.