Performing arts center operators · Iowa

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC.

Ames, IA · ~158 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Performing arts center operators workplace, earning a grade D.

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC.: 4.0 TCR = 127% of Performing arts center operators BLS 3.1 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. safety composite

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 49%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Rising injury rate

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC.: 3.4 → 7.0 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 11.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2021

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC.'s TCR rose 3.6 from 3.4 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 11.4 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 711310 · Ames, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 127% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/6
  • PHOTO Peoria Civic Center
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Peoria Civic Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. averages 4.0 TCR (127% of the Performing arts center operators BLS benchmark).

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

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.9 · 2019=0 · 2020=11.4 · 2021=7 · BLS 3.1

Where VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. falls in its industry

233 Performing arts center operato establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 6 Performing arts center operato employers in Iowa.

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. (158 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 01,0002,0003,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VenuWorks of Ames, LLC.
VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. (158 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 192 employees and a TCR of 4.0

VenuWorks of Ames, LLC. has fewer employees than the Performing arts center operators median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2021 7.0 0.0 1 0 0
2020 11.4 0.0 3 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.4 1.7 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

711310 · IA · Ames

233 Performing arts center operators 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 Peoria Civic Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Providence Performing Arts Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Adrienne Arsht Center 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMG-SeaGate Convention Centre 3.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0552 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Unit # 1612 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1621 158 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 LaCorte Companies Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Illinis Tool Works 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Community Center 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NPS Holdings LLC Cudahy 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE John F. Martin & Sons, LLC 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE GFL Environmental USA Inc. - Pontiac, MI 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2039-ROME 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chandler Line 158 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.