Mail and Parcel Delivery · Iowa

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta

Des Moines, IA · ~92 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.7
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta runs at 215% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade F.

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta: 9.7 TCR = 215% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta safety composite

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).

D

43/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

DART rate
C 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% 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

−1.7

2017→2021

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta injury rate improved

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta's TCR fell 1.7 from 9.6 in 2017 to 7.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 16.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=9.6 · 2018=16.7 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=7.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 215% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #94/157
  • PHOTO KINGSFORD MPF_1441349
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 42 inj
  • SIZE ~92 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KINGSFORD MPF_1441349 (0.0 TCR gap)

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182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta averages 9.7 TCR (215% 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

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta TCR series: 2017=9.6 · 2018=16.7 · 2019=10.8 · 2020=3.5 · 2021=7.9 · BLS 4.5

Where 182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 25% 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 #94 safest of 157 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Iowa.

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta (92 employees, TCR 9.7) 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 182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta
182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta (92 employees, TCR 9.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

182434-Dsm-South Des Moines Sta has more employees than the Mail and Parcel Delivery median and a higher 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
2021 7.9 4.5 7 0 0
2020 3.5 3.5 3 0 0
2019 10.8 6.0 9 0 0
2018 16.7 12.5 15 1 0
2017 9.6 8.6 8 1 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 · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR KINGSFORD MPF_1441349 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR RESERVOIR_1438088 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 337290-RIVERTON PO 9.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR 451815-CAE-FOREST ACRES BR 9.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sioux City Corporate Building 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Communication Data Link - Grimes 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Shaw Electric Inc at Home Office 92 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bowker Pinnacle Mechanical ,LLC 92 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 Lakeside Industries (120) 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Zion Crossroads Recycling Park LLC 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Milwaukee Precision Casting, Inc 9.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Parks, Recreation and Tourism 9.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE City of Greensboro Finance Department 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE rose plastic USA 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE CCL Design-Brunswick 92 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store #006 92 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.