Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers · Iowa

ADESA Des Moines

Grimes, IA · ~53 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ADESA Des Moines runs at 223% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

ADESA Des Moines: 4.9 TCR = 223% of Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ADESA Des Moines safety composite

ADESA Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 31%), 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

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.9 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.5

2019→2021

ADESA Des Moines injury rate improved

ADESA Des Moines's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.3 in 2019 to 3.9 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 6.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.79× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=4.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=3.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423110 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.9 · 223% of ind

  • DART 3.9 DART
  • RANK #14/35
  • PHOTO 1502 RTC TUCSON
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~53 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1502 RTC TUCSON (0.0 TCR gap)

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ADESA Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ADESA Des Moines averages 4.9 TCR (223% of the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

ADESA Des Moines TCR series: 2019=4.3 · 2020=6.5 · 2021=3.9 · BLS 2.2

Where ADESA Des Moines falls in its industry

1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 35 Motor vehicle merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.

ADESA Des Moines (53 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate ADESA Des Moines
ADESA Des Moines (53 employees, TCR 4.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.3

ADESA Des Moines has fewer employees than the Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2021 3.9 3.9 1 0 0
2020 6.5 6.5 1 1 0
2019 4.3 0.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423110 · IA · Grimes

1,333 Motor vehicle merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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 1502 RTC TUCSON 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeBauche Truck & Diesel, Inc 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR MN - Marshall 4.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Manheim Central Florida Auto Auction 4.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Natural Beauty Growers, LLC - Boyden IA 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smith Fertilizer & Grain Co 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Streb Construction Co., Inc. 53 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caliber Concrete LLC 53 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Carwash Solutions 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Office 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grimes - Main Store 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5748 315 FTE
NAT-TCR Holiday Inn Houston Intercontinental 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Residence Inn by Marriott State College 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Alta Equipment Company Heavy Spring Grove 4.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Carmichael Machine Company 4.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vista Distribution Center 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE America's Fence Store Inc 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh University Place 53 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garrett Tire Old Potash GI 53 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: 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.