General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, Truckload · Iowa

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284

Name: 1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, Truckload workplace, earning a grade A.

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284: 0.8 TCR = 18% of General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, Truckload BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 safety composite

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 92% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 0.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 92% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.7

2023→2024

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 injury rate improved

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284's TCR fell 1.7 from 1.7 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 1.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=1.7 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.8 · 18% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/69
PHOTO Dubuque, IA
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dubuque, IA (0.0 TCR gap)

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Dubuque, IA

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Slay Transport

0.8
WM 3939

0.8
WM 6839

0.8

What this shows 1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 averages 0.8 TCR (18% of the General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, Truckload BLS benchmark).

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 TCR series: 2023=1.7 · 2024=0 · BLS 4.5

Where 1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 falls in its industry

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long establishments

Safer than 92% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 69 General Freight Trucking, Long employers in Iowa.

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 (31 employees, TCR 0.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

1284 Jacobson Transportation-1284 has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	1.7	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IA · Des Moines

3,252 General Freight Trucking, Long-distance, Truckload 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Dubuque, IA	DUBUQUE, IA	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Slay Transportation Jacintoport	HOUSTON, TX	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 3939	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 6839	MIDWAY, TN	0.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent	JOHNSTON	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MBS Genetics, LLC	STORY CITY	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa	CRESCO	31 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Oelwein	OELWEIN	31 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cattron North America, Inc.	Warren, OH	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Arc American, Inc.	Wakarusa, IN	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	TerraBella Summit	Greenville, SC	0.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sundyne LLC	Arvada, CO	0.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Heartland Construction	Bellevue, WA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monroe S.D	Monroe, WA	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mighty Dog Roofing - Swfl	Lakewood Ranch, FL	31 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rollshield LLC	Clearwater, FL	31 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. 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.