Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · Iowa

Waterloo Freezer

Waterloo, IA · ~55 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
5.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Waterloo Freezer runs at 200% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage workplace, earning a grade F.

Waterloo Freezer: 11.6 TCR = 200% of Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS 5.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo Freezer safety composite

Waterloo Freezer scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 65% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

−6.9

2017→2024

Waterloo Freezer injury rate improved

Waterloo Freezer's TCR fell 6.9 from 8.4 in 2017 to 1.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 26.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=26.9 · 2021=19.7 · 2022=20.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 493120 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 200% of ind

  • DART 1.5 DART
  • RANK #32/35
  • PHOTO CBI TIFTON DC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CBI TIFTON DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterloo Freezer in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterloo Freezer averages 11.6 TCR (200% of the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage BLS benchmark).

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

Waterloo Freezer TCR series: 2017=8.4 · 2018=4.4 · 2019=9.7 · 2020=26.9 · 2021=19.7 · 2022=20.5 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.5 · BLS 5.8

Where Waterloo Freezer falls in its industry

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and S establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #32 safest of 35 Refrigerated Warehousing and S employers in Iowa.

Waterloo Freezer (55 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 Waterloo Freezer
Waterloo Freezer (55 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 68 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Waterloo Freezer has fewer employees than the Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 1.5 1.5 1 0 0
2023 1.8 0.0 1 0 0
2022 20.5 16.4 2 8 0
2021 19.7 19.7 0 10 0
2020 26.9 22.7 1 12 1
2019 9.7 5.8 3 2 0
2018 4.4 4.4 0 2 0
2017 8.4 8.4 2 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

493120 · IA · Waterloo

1,039 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 CBI TIFTON DC 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quality Refrigerated Services Omaha 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1387 - AURORA CO (WET) DEPOT 11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR WinChill LLC 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakridge 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Altoona- Streets 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Traffic Control, Inc. 55 FTE
CITY-NEAR Black Hawk County Extension 4,790 FTE
CITY-NEAR Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
CITY-NEAR UnityPoint 2,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations 1,605 FTE
NAT-TCR Elliott Industries, Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Pepe Ganga Caguas 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR At Home Stores #23 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Casler Masonry, Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE MediLodge of Greenview 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Clairidge House 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Jewell Store 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Professional Services Construction, Inc. 55 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.