Department Store · Iowa
1253 West Des Moines
West Des Moines, IA · ~75 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
1253 West Des Moines runs at 156% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Department Store workplace, earning a grade D.
1253 West Des Moines: 5.3 TCR = 156% of Department Store BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
1253 West Des Moines safety composite
1253 West Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).
29/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 5.29 per 100 workers
Safer than 16% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.72 per 100 workers
Safer than 30% 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%).
1253 West Des Moines held a steady TCR band
1253 West Des Moines's TCR held near 0.3 from 5.1 in 2023 to 5.4 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2023=5.1 · 2024=5.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 452210 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 5.3 · 156% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #38/47
- PHOTO Farm and Fleet of El…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 4 inj
- SIZE ~75 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Farm and Fleet of Elgin (0.0 TCR gap)
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1253 West Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
1253 West Des Moines
5.3 TCR
- Farm and Fleet
Farm and Fleet of Elgin
5.3 TCR
- Farm and Fleet
Farm and Fleet of Urbana
5.3 TCR
- 1060 Killeen
1060 Killeen
5.3 TCR
- 847 - Plymouth
847 - Plymouth Mtg
5.3 TCR
What this shows 1253 West Des Moines averages 5.3 TCR (156% of the Department Store BLS benchmark).
1253 West Des Moines TCR series: 2023=5.1 · 2024=5.4 · BLS 3.4
Where 1253 West Des Moines falls in its industry
2,917 Department Store establishmentsSafer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 47 Department Store employers in Iowa.
1253 West Des Moines has fewer employees than the Department Store median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
452210 · IA · West Des Moines
2,917 Department Store employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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 | Farm and Fleet of Elgin | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Farm and Fleet of Urbana | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 1060 Killeen | 5.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 847 - Plymouth Mtg | 5.3 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Winterset Egg Farm | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clearfield | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl Inc Renwick Seed Production Facility | 75 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Caruth Construction Inc. | 75 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Hy-Vee, Inc. | 73,135 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wright Tree Service, Inc | 4,019 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WDMCS | 1,363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters | 1,123 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Sysco Columbia | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Options in Community Living, Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hygiena | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Miller Proctor Nickolas,Inc. | 5.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Dixie Metalcraft Corporation | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Covenant House Michigan | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pipers Express Inc. | 75 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Memphis Tn - 222 | 75 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.