Commercial building construction · Iowa
Story Construction Company
Ames, IA · ~137 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 3.9
- Avg TCR
- 2.9
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Story Construction Company runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Commercial building construction workplace, earning a grade D.
Story Construction Company: 3.9 TCR = 135% of Commercial building construction BLS 2.9 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Story Construction Company safety composite
Story Construction Company scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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).
36/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 3.91 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 1.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% 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
−0.6
2016→2024
Story Construction Company injury rate improved
Story Construction Company's TCR fell 0.6 from 3.4 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.43× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.4 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.6 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 236220 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 3.9 · 135% of ind
- DART 1.7 DART
- RANK #41/75
- PHOTO Vanir Development
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 51 inj
- SIZE ~137 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Vanir Development (0.0 TCR gap)
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Story Construction Company in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Story Construction Company
3.9 TCR
- Vanir Developm
Vanir Development
3.9 TCR
- Peters Constru
Peters Construction Corporation
3.9 TCR
- Korsmo
Korsmo
3.9 TCR
- ESA South, Inc
ESA South, Inc
3.9 TCR
What this shows Story Construction Company averages 3.9 TCR (135% of the Commercial building construction BLS benchmark).
Story Construction Company TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=6.5 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=3.8 · 2022=4.6 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 2.9
Where Story Construction Company falls in its industry
4,692 Commercial building constructi establishmentsSafer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #41 safest of 75 Commercial building constructi employers in Iowa.
Story Construction Company has more employees than the Commercial building construction median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
236220 · IA · Ames
4,692 Commercial building construction 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 | Vanir Development | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Peters Construction Corporation | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Korsmo | 3.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | ESA South, Inc | 3.9 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkeye Pride | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | EPI Power, LLC. - Microsoft DSM 12 Project | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pure Prairie Poultry | 137 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Plastic Products Co., Inc - West Branch | 137 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 | West Tampa Glass Company | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bethune | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Herman's Trucking, Inc. | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Goforth Williamson, Inc | 3.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | H&W Electrical Corporation | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Nucor Tubular Products - Trinity | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | MH Masonry & Associates, Inc. | 137 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | EP Graphics | 137 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.