Low slope roofing installation · Iowa

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc.

Des Moines, IA · ~86 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Low slope roofing installation workplace, earning a grade A.

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc.: 0.5 TCR = 18% of Low slope roofing installation BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. safety composite

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 98% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

59/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 98% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc.: 0.0 → 1.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 1.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc.'s TCR rose 1.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 1.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 1.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238160 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 18% of ind

  • DART 1.0 DART
  • RANK #2/18
  • PHOTO Gomez and Son Contra…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gomez and Son Contracting, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. averages 0.5 TCR (18% of the Low slope roofing installation BLS benchmark).

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

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=1 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0 · 2022=1 · 2024=1 · BLS 2.8

Where Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. falls in its industry

1,723 Low slope roofing installation establishments

Safer than 98% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 18 Low slope roofing installation employers in Iowa.

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. (86 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc.
Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. (86 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 44 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Academy Roofing and Sheet Metal of the Midwest Inc. has more employees than the Low slope roofing installation median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2022 1.0 0.0 1 0 1
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2019 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238160 · IA · Des Moines

1,723 Low slope roofing installation 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 Gomez and Son Contracting, LLC 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beldon Roofing & Remodeling Co 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sprayfoam Southwest Inc dba Global Roofing Group 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR SUNERGY SOLAR LLC 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hawkeye Paving Corp. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hometown Plumbing & Heating 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lovewell Fencing, Inc. 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Soy Plant 86 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation Grand Prairie Campus (1435) 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Springfield - 401 Liberty Street 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 1979 Marcus Ave 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR CWY 0.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE VADC 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlantic Contracting and Specialties LLC - Albany 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Enterprise Roofing Service, Inc. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE CMC Construction Services Houston South 86 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.