Courier Services Except by Air · Iowa

Waterloo (Iawat)

Name: Waterloo (Iawat) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cedar Falls, IA · ~129 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 10.6
Avg TCR: 6.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Waterloo (Iawat) runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Courier Services Except by Air workplace, earning a grade D.

Waterloo (Iawat): 10.6 TCR = 163% of Courier Services Except by Air BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo (Iawat) safety composite

Waterloo (Iawat) scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 32%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 10.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers
DART rate: C 3.28 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−8.4

2016→2018

Waterloo (Iawat) injury rate improved

Waterloo (Iawat)'s TCR fell 8.4 from 13.8 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.8 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 10.6 · 163% of ind

DART 3.3 DART
RANK #54/82
PHOTO SCORA - ORANGEBURG C…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 28 inj
SIZE ~129 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SCORA - ORANGEBURG CENTER (0.0 TCR gap)

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10.6
SCORA - ORANGE

10.6
Amazon.com Ser

10.6
FARMINGTON (MO

10.6
752

10.6

What this shows Waterloo (Iawat) averages 10.6 TCR (163% of the Courier Services Except by Air BLS benchmark).

Waterloo (Iawat) TCR series: 2016=13.8 · 2017=12.6 · 2018=5.5 · BLS 6.5

Where Waterloo (Iawat) falls in its industry

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air establishments

Safer than 32% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #54 safest of 82 Courier Services Except by Air employers in Iowa.

Waterloo (Iawat) (129 employees, TCR 10.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

Waterloo (Iawat) has more employees than the Courier Services Except by Air median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2018	5.5	3.3	5
2017	12.6	12.6	11
2016	13.8	11.5	12

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · IA · Cedar Falls

6,679 Courier Services Except by Air employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	SCORA - ORANGEBURG CENTER	ORANGEBURG, SC	10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Amazon.com Services LLC - DSD2	CARLSBAD, CA	10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FARMINGTON (MOFAR)	FARMINGTON, MO	10.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	752	IRVING, TX	10.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Murphy Tower Service LLC	CARLISLE	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	HAWKEYE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OF CEDAR RAPIDS, LTD	HIAWATHA	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Iowa City	CORALVILLE	129 FTE
STATE-SIZE	6568	AMES	129 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center	Cedar Falls	1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC	Cedar Falls	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls DC	Cedar Falls	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Home Services	Cedar Falls	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	Farmington (Mofar)	Farmington, MO	10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Big Lots Store #5186 Traverse City,	Traverse City, MI	10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Autumn Lakes Apartments	Mishawaka, IN	10.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sherwood Foods-Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	10.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Owensboro (Kyowe)	Owensboro, KY	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Cincinnati (Ohshn)	Sharonville, OH	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Structural #76	Prairieville, LA	129 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Brookdale Bear Creek	Colorado Springs, CO	129 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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