Industrial Launderers · Iowa

637 637-Des Moines Ia

Des Moines, IA · ~125 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

637 637-Des Moines Ia runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Industrial Launderers workplace, earning a grade D.

637 637-Des Moines Ia: 2.6 TCR = 123% of Industrial Launderers BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

637 637-Des Moines Ia safety composite

637 637-Des Moines Ia scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 42%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 42% 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%).

Rising injury rate

637 637-Des Moines Ia: 0.0 → 5.2 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 5.2 TCR · DART/TCR 1× in 2024

637 637-Des Moines Ia's TCR rose 5.2 from 0.0 in 2023 to 5.2 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 812332 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 2.6 · 123% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #4/13
  • PHOTO CHARLOTTE-FACILITY S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~125 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHARLOTTE-FACILITY SERVIC - 205 (0.0 TCR gap)

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637 637-Des Moines Ia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows 637 637-Des Moines Ia averages 2.6 TCR (123% of the Industrial Launderers BLS benchmark).

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

637 637-Des Moines Ia TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 2.1

Where 637 637-Des Moines Ia falls in its industry

917 Industrial Launderers establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Industrial Launderers employers in Iowa.

637 637-Des Moines Ia (125 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate 637 637-Des Moines Ia
637 637-Des Moines Ia (125 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 3.1

637 637-Des Moines Ia has more employees than the Industrial Launderers median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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 5.2 2.6 6 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

812332 · IA · Des Moines

917 Industrial Launderers 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 CHARLOTTE-FACILITY SERVIC - 205 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Plymate, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0235 - CHARLESTON 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 037K - FULTON GA RNTL 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Western Engineering Co., Inc - Company Wide 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE Carl A. Nelson & Company 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Gyspum Fort Dodge 125 FTE
STATE-SIZE KPI Concepts- Plant #1 125 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 178 - Cary Nc 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR North Water District Laboratory Services Inc. 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Corru Kraft Alhambra 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Brookdale Carmel 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 3014 Cash Wise Owatonna 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE 3020 Cash Wise Bismarck 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Morton Il 125 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pontiac Mi 125 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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