Security guard services · Iowa

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~65 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Security guard services workplace, earning a grade D.

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines: 4.8 TCR = 184% of Security guard services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines safety composite

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

F

28/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

−1.2

2016→2018

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines injury rate improved

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines's TCR fell 1.2 from 5.4 in 2016 to 4.2 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.4 · 2018=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561612 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 184% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK P27
  • PHOTO Sentry Security & In…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~65 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sentry Security & Investigations, LP (0.0 TCR gap)

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American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines averages 4.8 TCR (184% of the Security guard services BLS benchmark).

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

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines TCR series: 2016=5.4 · 2018=4.2 · BLS 2.6

Where American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines falls in its industry

158 Security guard services establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines (65 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines
American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines (65 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 176 employees and a TCR of 2.3

American Security, L.L.C. - Des Moines has fewer employees than the Security guard services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2016 5.4 5.4 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561612 · IA · Des Moines

158 Security guard 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 Sentry Security & Investigations, LP 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Metropistas - Patrullaje 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR United Security - Hyatt Regency Chicago 5.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Insight Hospital 4.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE PDA Duane Arnold 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dubuque Operating Center 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Forrest and Associate Inc 65 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids, IA/Quad Cities HVAC 65 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 Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Foss - PNW 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Store 1102 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR dd's DISCOUNTS Store 5130 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Magnolia Springs at Bridgewater 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE KLC 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE RLS 65 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. - Willow Grove 65 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: 2018, 2016. 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.