Refuse collection services · Iowa

3071-Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~59 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

3071-Des Moines runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Refuse collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

3071-Des Moines: 2.2 TCR = 85% of Refuse collection services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

3071-Des Moines safety composite

3071-Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

B

77/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−4.1

2022→2024

3071-Des Moines injury rate improved

3071-Des Moines's TCR fell 4.1 from 4.1 in 2022 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 4.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.1 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.2 · 85% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/24
  • PHOTO S04157 - Moreno Vall…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04157 - Moreno Valley Hauling (0.0 TCR gap)

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3071-Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 3071-Des Moines averages 2.2 TCR (85% of the Refuse collection services BLS benchmark).

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

3071-Des Moines TCR series: 2022=4.1 · 2023=2.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.6

Where 3071-Des Moines falls in its industry

2,322 Refuse collection services establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 24 Refuse collection services employers in Iowa.

3071-Des Moines (59 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate 3071-Des Moines
3071-Des Moines (59 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

3071-Des Moines has more employees than the Refuse collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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 2.6 2.6 2 0 0
2022 4.1 2.7 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Des Moines

2,322 Refuse collection services 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 S04157 - Moreno Valley Hauling 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR S10177 - West Palm Beach Hauling 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Advanced Disposal - Door County Hauling 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR ACES Waste Services Inc. 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Viafield 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE AMVC 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE 8393-Monsanto Muscatine 59 FTE
STATE-SIZE Building Crafts, Inc. (GPRO Region) 59 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 Carrier Commercial Services (San Francisco) 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Eg Partners LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Airco Mechanical Inc. 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt (Wapakoneta Corrugating), LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Milro NY - Freeport 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE OC Jewish Home Center LLC DBA Fall River Jewish Home 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE Preferred Medical Products- Centennial 59 FTE
NAT-SIZE St. George Hauling 59 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.