Parts and accessories dealers, automotive · Iowa

Waterloo

Waterloo, IA · ~69 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterloo runs at 129% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Parts and accessories dealers, automotive workplace, earning a grade D.

Waterloo: 4.4 TCR = 129% of Parts and accessories dealers, automotive BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo safety composite

Waterloo scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 50%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−3.6

2016→2024

Waterloo injury rate improved

Waterloo's TCR fell 3.6 from 3.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 13.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=7.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 129% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/17
  • PHOTO Napa Portland DC
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 20 inj
  • SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Napa Portland DC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterloo in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterloo averages 4.4 TCR (129% of the Parts and accessories dealers, automotive BLS benchmark).

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

Waterloo TCR series: 2016=3.6 · 2017=4.7 · 2018=13.3 · 2019=7 · 2020=0 · 2021=5.7 · 2022=3.1 · 2023=2.2 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Waterloo falls in its industry

1,258 Parts and accessories dealers, establishments

Safer than 50% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 17 Parts and accessories dealers, employers in Iowa.

Waterloo (69 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waterloo
Waterloo (69 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Waterloo has more employees than the Parts and accessories dealers, automotiv median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2022 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2021 5.7 1.4 4 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 7.0 2.3 1 2 0
2018 13.3 7.6 7 0 0
2017 4.7 2.4 1 1 0
2016 3.6 3.6 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · IA · Waterloo

1,258 Parts and accessories dealers, automotive 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 Napa Portland DC 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4253-5022 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Speedway Motors, Inc 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBY FL Plantation 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Red Oak) 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE 175 69 FTE
STATE-SIZE Central Life Science - Council Bluffs 69 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 FrenchCreek Production 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Skyland Grain, LLC- Cunningham 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodrel Truck Lines, Jeffersonville, IN 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR COD036 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Expeditors - SDF 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE WG Construction Co., Inc. 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE International Paper - Gateway Sheets 69 FTE
NAT-SIZE Griffin Ranches, Inc. 69 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, 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.