Mail and Parcel Delivery · Iowa

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta

Name: 182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta Workplace Safety Data
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West Des Moines, IA · ~69 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta runs at 207% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade F.

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta: 9.3 TCR = 207% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta safety composite

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 14%), 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).

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.32 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers
DART rate: F 12.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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%).

Rising injury rate

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta: 4.5 → 14.2 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 14.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1.35× in 2022

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta's TCR rose 9.7 from 4.5 in 2020 to 14.2 in 2022. In 2022, DART was 1.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 9.3 · 207% of ind

DART 12.6 DART
RANK #91/157
PHOTO NEW BERN_1374643
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~69 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NEW BERN_1374643 (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.3
NEW BERN_13746

9.3
WEBSTER_138678

9.3
SPRING VALLEY_

9.3
INMAN_1367964

9.3

What this shows 182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta averages 9.3 TCR (207% of the Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS benchmark).

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta TCR series: 2020=4.5 · 2022=14.2 · BLS 4.5

Where 182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #91 safest of 157 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Iowa.

182438-Dsm-West Suburban Sta (69 employees, TCR 9.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

182438-Dsm-West Suburban 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
2022	14.2	12.6	4	5	0
2020	4.5	3.0	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

491110 · IA · West Des Moines

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	NEW BERN_1374643	NEW BERN, NC	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WEBSTER_1386785	WEBSTER, NY	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SPRING VALLEY_1382560	DALLAS, TX	9.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	INMAN_1367964	INMAN, SC	9.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Red Oak)	RED OAK	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative	MARION	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	175	WEST DES MOINES	69 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Central Life Science - Council Bluffs	COUNCIL BLUFFS	69 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hy-Vee, Inc.	West Des Moines	73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wright Tree Service, Inc	West Des Moines	4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WDMCS	West Des Moines	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters	West Des Moines	1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR	556594-Princeton Po	Princeton, WV	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	1855-MIDET210	Southfield, MI	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Rose Court Senior Living	Phoenix, AZ	9.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Darling Ingredients Dallas, TX	Dallas, TX	9.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	266313-Min-East Side Sta	Minneapolis, MN	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	162442-Elgin Po	Elgin, IL	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	381632-Cin-Westwood Br	Cincinnati, OH	69 FTE
NAT-SIZE	163655-Okb-Willowbrook Anx	Willowbrook, IL	69 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: 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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