Mail and Parcel Delivery · Iowa

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta

Des Moines, IA · ~18 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade D.

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta safety composite

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.61 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

DART rate
C 4.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−1.8

2019→2022

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta injury rate improved

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta's TCR fell 1.8 from 6.5 in 2019 to 4.7 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.5 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=6.5 · 2022=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 491110 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

  • DART 4.7 DART
  • RANK #36/157
  • PHOTO ELMHURST_1362448
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ELMHURST_1362448 (0.0 TCR gap)

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182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS benchmark).

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

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta TCR series: 2019=6.5 · 2022=4.7 · BLS 4.5

Where 182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 64% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #36 safest of 157 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Iowa.

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta (18 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 050100150 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta
182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta (18 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

182423-Dsm-Ash Creek Sta has fewer employees than the Mail and Parcel Delivery median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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
2022 4.7 4.7 0 1 0
2019 6.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

491110 · IA · Des Moines

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR ELMHURST_1362448 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR TAFT_1437084 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR WASHINGTON BRIDGE ANNEX_1457242 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LEMOORE_1370193 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatteras 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southwest Pork 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer Orange City OCY1 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE River City Stone 18 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 380329-Athens Po 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 110390-Auburndale Po 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 127437-Riv-Church St Sta 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 364472-Lincolnton Po 5.6 TCR

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: 2022, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.