Discount Department Stores · Iowa

0803 - South Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~135 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.8
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

0803 - South Des Moines runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Discount Department Stores workplace, earning a grade D.

0803 - South Des Moines: 5.8 TCR = 170% of Discount Department Stores BLS 3.4 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

0803 - South Des Moines safety composite

0803 - South Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 19%), 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

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% 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%).

Rising injury rate

0803 - South Des Moines: 1.6 → 4.8 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 18.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2024

0803 - South Des Moines's TCR rose 3.2 from 1.6 in 2019 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 18.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452112 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.8 · 170% of ind

  • DART 4.8 DART
  • RANK #44/62
  • PHOTO 0090 - Memphis Central
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 0090 - Memphis Central (0.0 TCR gap)

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0803 - South Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 0803 - South Des Moines averages 5.8 TCR (170% of the Discount Department Stores BLS benchmark).

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

0803 - South Des Moines TCR series: 2019=1.6 · 2021=2.8 · 2022=18.2 · 2023=1.6 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where 0803 - South Des Moines falls in its industry

4,991 Discount Department Stores establishments

Safer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 62 Discount Department Stores employers in Iowa.

0803 - South Des Moines (135 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate 0803 - South Des Moines
0803 - South Des Moines (135 employees, TCR 5.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.4

0803 - South Des Moines has more employees than the Discount Department Stores median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 4.8 4.8 3 0 0
2023 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2022 18.2 18.2 0 13 0
2021 2.8 1.4 2 0 0
2019 1.6 1.6 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452112 · IA · Des Moines

4,991 Discount Department 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 0090 - Memphis Central 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1793 - Charlotte East 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 3363 - Boston Dorchester Fields Corner 5.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR WM 283 5.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Luana 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hahn Ready Mix Plant #32 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE GMT Corporation 135 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Neal Manufacturing Services dba Iowa Laser Technology 135 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 0090 - Memphis Central 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 1793 - Charlotte East 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR TAMUCC Dining Hall 5.8 TCR
NAT-TCR MS Cafe 34 5.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 0858 - Houston NW 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2296 - Williamsburg East 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Es-St. John'S Medical Center 135 FTE
NAT-SIZE Life Care Center of Greeneville 135 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, 2022, 2021, 2019. 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.