Distribution of electric power · Iowa

Waterloo Service Center

Waterloo, IA · ~96 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waterloo Service Center runs at 177% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Distribution of electric power workplace, earning a grade D.

Waterloo Service Center: 2.1 TCR = 177% of Distribution of electric power BLS 1.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waterloo Service Center safety composite

Waterloo Service Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), 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).

D

53/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Waterloo Service Center: 0.0 → 2.0 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.48× in 2024

Waterloo Service Center's TCR rose 2.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 2.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221122 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.1 · 177% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #23/64
  • PHOTO Eversource - Rochester
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 10 inj
  • SIZE ~96 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eversource - Rochester (0.0 TCR gap)

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Waterloo Service Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waterloo Service Center averages 2.1 TCR (177% of the Distribution of electric power BLS benchmark).

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

Waterloo Service Center TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.3 · 2018=2.1 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=2 · BLS 1.2

Where Waterloo Service Center falls in its industry

2,958 Distribution of electric power establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #23 safest of 64 Distribution of electric power employers in Iowa.

Waterloo Service Center (96 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 05001,0001,5002,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Waterloo Service Center
Waterloo Service Center (96 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Waterloo Service Center has more employees than the Distribution of electric power median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
2023 3.2 3.2 3 0 0
2018 2.1 1.0 2 0 0
2017 3.3 2.2 3 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221122 · IA · Waterloo

2,958 Distribution of electric power 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 Eversource - Rochester 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Four Corners 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sangre de Cristo Electric Association 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ohio Edison Company 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 7123_18981 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Architectural Wall Systems, LLC 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE US093: Indianapolis 331 - SG 96 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods Inc. 96 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 T. E. Roberts, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Lehigh Valley Plastics 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR C M Richey Electrical Contractors, Inc. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR FGS Giddings West 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Gcats Investments, LLC 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Plymouth Meeting 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE Offsite Manufacturing 96 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Scotts Company - Riverside 96 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, 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.