Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes · Iowa

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant

Des Moines, IA · ~32 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant runs at 54% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes workplace, earning a grade B.

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant: 1.8 TCR = 54% of Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant safety composite

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant scores strongest on dart rate (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).

C

68/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 65% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% 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%).

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant held a steady TCR band

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 3.8 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=0.0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 322211 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 1.8 · 54% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #9/15
  • PHOTO International Paper …
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: International Paper Cedar Rapids Container (0.0 TCR gap)

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4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant averages 1.8 TCR (54% of the Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes BLS benchmark).

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

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant TCR series: 2019=0 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · BLS 3.3

Where 4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant falls in its industry

1,338 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box establishments

Safer than 65% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 15 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box employers in Iowa.

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant (32 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 0100200300 0123456 Average employees Total Case Rate 4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant
4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant (32 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 2.4

4388 Des Moines IA Sheet Plant has fewer employees than the Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 3.8 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

322211 · IA · Des Moines

1,338 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes 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 International Paper Cedar Rapids Container 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4179 Atlanta Sheet Plant 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 4044 Dayton Container 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR IN012 Richmond (G Street) Container 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE GSC Agribusiness 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Nursery Department- Fuss Office 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley North 32 FTE
STATE-SIZE Washington 32 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 4044 Dayton Container 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4179 Atlanta Sheet Plant 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Tilson Technology Management Inc. Salt Lake City, UT 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Arkema Inc. 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE 052 Texas Health Medical Support 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4623 SPB Ohio 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE 6085 Tukwila RTS 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Louis PDC 32 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, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.