All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · Iowa

Water Quality : Hach - Ames

Ames, IA · ~491 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.3
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Water Quality : Hach - Ames runs at 69% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing workplace, earning a grade B.

Water Quality : Hach - Ames: 2.3 TCR = 69% of All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Water Quality : Hach - Ames safety composite

Water Quality : Hach - Ames scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

62/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−4.8

2016→2023

Water Quality : Hach - Ames injury rate improved

Water Quality : Hach - Ames's TCR fell 4.8 from 5.1 in 2016 to 0.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2023=0.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325998 · Ames, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.3 · 69% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/5
  • PHOTO Munzing - Clover
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~491 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Munzing - Clover (0.0 TCR gap)

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Water Quality : Hach - Ames in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Water Quality : Hach - Ames averages 2.3 TCR (69% of the All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

Water Quality : Hach - Ames TCR series: 2016=5.1 · 2017=2.3 · 2018=1.3 · 2023=0.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Water Quality : Hach - Ames falls in its industry

485 All Other Basic Organic Chemic establishments

Safer than 55% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 5 All Other Basic Organic Chemic employers in Iowa.

Water Quality : Hach - Ames (491 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Water Quality : Hach - Ames
Water Quality : Hach - Ames (491 employees, TCR 2.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 62 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Water Quality : Hach - Ames has more employees than the All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufac median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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
2023 0.3 0.0 1 0 0
2018 1.3 0.2 7 0 0
2017 2.3 0.4 12 0 0
2016 5.1 3.6 21 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325998 · IA · Ames

485 All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing 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 Munzing - Clover 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Florida Chemical Company LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frigid Fluid Co. 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESP 2.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Winegard Company 492 FTE
STATE-SIZE SPP - Orange City 492 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Corporate Office 493 FTE
STATE-SIZE Greenfield IG 489 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 Nobles Worldwide 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Cooper Sheet Metal 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR The Source MO 2.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Erie Mechanical Contractors, Inc 2.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Monterey Park - Bld: 0701 - 15 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Zymergen 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tolleson Az (Gatorade) 491 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 491 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: 2023, 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.