Plasmapheresis Center · Iowa

Waterloo, IA- BioLife

Waterloo, IA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.5
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterloo, IA- BioLife runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade D.

Waterloo, IA- BioLife: 7.5 TCR = 196% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo, IA- BioLife safety composite

Waterloo, IA- BioLife scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 8%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% 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%).

Waterloo, IA- BioLife held a steady TCR band

Waterloo, IA- BioLife's TCR held near 0.3 from 7.3 in 2020 to 7.6 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.3 · 2021=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 7.5 · 196% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #31/48
  • PHOTO Carter BloodCare
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Carter BloodCare (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterloo, IA- BioLife in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterloo, IA- BioLife averages 7.5 TCR (196% of the Plasmapheresis Center BLS benchmark).

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

Waterloo, IA- BioLife TCR series: 2020=7.3 · 2021=7.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Waterloo, IA- BioLife falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 48 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Iowa.

Waterloo, IA- BioLife (40 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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, IA- BioLife
Waterloo, IA- BioLife (40 employees, TCR 7.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

Waterloo, IA- BioLife has fewer employees than the Plasmapheresis Center median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2021 7.6 7.6 2 0 0
2020 7.3 0.0 1 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IA · Waterloo

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center 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 Carter BloodCare 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ILMOLI-OPI-MOLINE 524 7.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR FLORLA-OPI-ORLANDO-EDGEWATER DRIVE 7.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR ImmunoTek Bio Centers,LLC - Ruston 7.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 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 Apsco, LLC 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Avera Brady Health and Rehab 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Kelly's Logistics Winter Garden 7.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Fort Collins 7.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Southern Wall Products - Tucker 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE AnMed Health Home Health Services 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sioux Nation Holdings, Inc. 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE NYLO Providence Warwick 40 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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