Department Store · Iowa

1585 Merle Hay

Name: 1585 Merle Hay Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~52 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 1.7
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

1585 Merle Hay runs at 51% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Department Store workplace, earning a grade B.

1585 Merle Hay: 1.7 TCR = 51% of Department Store BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

1585 Merle Hay safety composite

1585 Merle Hay scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 83% 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).

72/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−3.4

2023→2024

1585 Merle Hay injury rate improved

1585 Merle Hay's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 3.4 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=3.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452210 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.7 · 51% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/47
PHOTO 488 NW Oklahoma City
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 488 NW Oklahoma City (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.7
488 NW Oklahom

1.7
115 - Wichita

1.7
185 - Grand Is

1.7
252 - Highland

1.7

What this shows 1585 Merle Hay averages 1.7 TCR (51% of the Department Store BLS benchmark).

1585 Merle Hay TCR series: 2023=3.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4

Where 1585 Merle Hay falls in its industry

2,917 Department Store establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 47 Department Store employers in Iowa.

1585 Merle Hay (52 employees, TCR 1.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 98 employees and a TCR of 3.1

1585 Merle Hay has fewer employees than the Department Store median and a lower 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	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	3.4	0.0	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452210 · IA · Des Moines

2,917 Department Store 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	488 NW Oklahoma City	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	115 - Wichita Falls	WICHITA FALLS, NE	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	185 - Grand Island	GRAND ISLAND, MI	1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	252 - Highland Heights	HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OH	1.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	KE Flatwork Inc.	ELDRIDGE	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WNADGL, LLC	CEDAR FALLS	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Earth Services & Abatement	DES MOINES	52 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Snappy Popcorn	BREDA	52 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	Aetna Roofing Corp	Trenton, NJ	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Crown Metal Manufacturing Company	Elmhurst, IL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	GC America Inc.	Alsip, IL	1.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Protolabs - Rosemount	Rosemount, MN	1.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	National Water Infrastructure	Geismar, LA	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Barnwell Sc - 235	Barnwell, SC	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Housing Authority of the City of Bellingham	Bellingham, WA	52 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Buzz Oates	Sacramento, CA	52 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.