Retail Stores · Iowa

0088 - Des Moines, Ia

Des Moines, IA · ~21 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0088 - Des Moines, Ia runs at 135% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Retail Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

0088 - Des Moines, Ia: 4.6 TCR = 135% of Retail Stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0088 - Des Moines, Ia safety composite

0088 - Des Moines, Ia scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 66% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−13.8

2016→2018

0088 - Des Moines, Ia injury rate improved

0088 - Des Moines, Ia's TCR fell 13.8 from 13.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 13.8 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.8 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 444130 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.6 · 135% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/14
  • PHOTO 0285 - JOPLIN, MO
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~21 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0285 - JOPLIN, MO (0.0 TCR gap)

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0088 - Des Moines, Ia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0088 - Des Moines, Ia averages 4.6 TCR (135% of the Retail Stores BLS benchmark).

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

0088 - Des Moines, Ia TCR series: 2016=13.8 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 0088 - Des Moines, Ia falls in its industry

1,493 Retail Stores establishments

Safer than 66% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 14 Retail Stores employers in Iowa.

0088 - Des Moines, Ia (21 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate 0088 - Des Moines, Ia
0088 - Des Moines, Ia (21 employees, TCR 4.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 23 employees and a TCR of 6.2

0088 - Des Moines, Ia has fewer employees than the Retail Stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 13.8 13.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

444130 · IA · Des Moines

1,493 Retail Stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in Des Moines, 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 0285 - JOPLIN, MO 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0407 - MADISON HEIGHTS, MI 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parkrose Heights 4.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frattallones Arden Hills 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Audubon Vet Clinic 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos South 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE VALO BioMedia NA, LLC. Adel Farm 21 FTE
STATE-SIZE K & B Ag Supply 21 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR 0285 - Joplin, Mo 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 0407 - Madison Heights, Mi 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tampa Bay Trane 4.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Schiller Grounds Care-JC Facility 4.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0090 - Pearl, Ms 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0085 - Memphis, Tn 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0091 - Macon, Ga 21 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0084 - Knoxville, Tn 21 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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