Animal except Poultry Slaughtering · Iowa
Waterloo Plant
Waterloo, IA · ~170 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 7.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Waterloo Plant runs at 220% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Animal except Poultry Slaughtering workplace, earning a grade F.
Waterloo Plant: 7.3 TCR = 220% of Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Waterloo Plant safety composite
Waterloo Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 7.26 per 100 workers
Safer than 35% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 2.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 58% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- C 0
Safer than 55% 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
−3.8
2017→2024
Waterloo Plant injury rate improved
Waterloo Plant's TCR fell 3.8 from 6.7 in 2017 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2017=6.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=12.0 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 311611 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 7.3 · 220% of ind
- DART 2.4 DART
- RANK #18/26
- PHOTO West Michigan Beef
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 30 inj
- SIZE ~170 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: West Michigan Beef (0.0 TCR gap)
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Waterloo Plant in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Rantoul Foods
Rantoul Foods
7.4 TCR
- This site
Waterloo Plant
7.3 TCR
- West Michigan
West Michigan Beef
7.3 TCR
- Mountain State
Mountain States Rosen Colorado
7.3 TCR
- Cooked - Fort
Cooked - Fort Worth TX 5 Star
7.2 TCR
What this shows Waterloo Plant averages 7.3 TCR (220% of the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering BLS benchmark).
Waterloo Plant TCR series: 2017=6.7 · 2018=4.6 · 2019=3.1 · 2020=12 · 2021=7.1 · 2022=17.5 · 2023=4.3 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Waterloo Plant falls in its industry
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughte establishmentsSafer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 26 Animal except Poultry Slaughte employers in Iowa.
Waterloo Plant has fewer employees than the Animal except Poultry Slaughtering median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
311611 · IA · Waterloo
212 Animal except Poultry Slaughtering 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 | West Michigan Beef | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cooked - Fort Worth TX 5 Star | 7.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mountain States Rosen Colorado | 7.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Rantoul Foods | 7.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | DuPont Pioneer Hedrick HED1 | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodruff Construction, Inc | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | DFA FLUID - LEMARS IA - LINCOLN ST | 170 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Hawkeye Smokehouse Partners | 170 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 | Visalia Health Center | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Mills Ford Chrysler | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Softek Contractual Services Inc. Building 20 Car Shop | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harrison Redi-Mix Corp. | 7.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Pacific Seafood of Washington | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Camp Street | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Fisher Tank Company Corporate Log | 170 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Merrill Farms LLC | 170 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.