Antifreeze merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM

Des Moines, IA · ~32 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.9
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM runs at 360% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Antifreeze merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM: 7.9 TCR = 360% of Antifreeze merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM safety composite

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 4%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 4% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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%).

TCR Δ

−3.1

2019→2024

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM injury rate improved

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM's TCR fell 3.1 from 5.6 in 2019 to 2.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 17.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=5.6 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=2.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424690 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.9 · 360% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK #10/11
  • PHOTO Wausau Chemical Corp…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~32 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wausau Chemical Corporation (0.0 TCR gap)

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Barton Solvents, Inc. DM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Barton Solvents, Inc. DM averages 7.9 TCR (360% of the Antifreeze merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM TCR series: 2019=5.6 · 2020=10.7 · 2021=8.6 · 2022=2.7 · 2023=17.5 · 2024=2.5 · BLS 2.2

Where Barton Solvents, Inc. DM falls in its industry

766 Antifreeze merchant wholesaler establishments

Safer than 4% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 11 Antifreeze merchant wholesaler employers in Iowa.

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM (32 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9 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 050100150200 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Barton Solvents, Inc. DM
Barton Solvents, Inc. DM (32 employees, TCR 7.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 38 employees and a TCR of 1.9

Barton Solvents, Inc. DM has fewer employees than the Antifreeze merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.9. 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 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2023 17.5 11.6 6 0 0
2022 2.7 2.7 1 0 0
2021 8.6 5.8 3 0 0
2020 10.7 5.3 4 0 0
2019 5.6 2.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424690 · IA · Des Moines

766 Antifreeze merchant wholesalers 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 Wausau Chemical Corporation 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 2501 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Chemicals Incorporated Fairfield 7.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Seeler Industries 8.1 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 16 - Halifax 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR FLD001 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 7.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Columbia Basin Hospital 7.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of New England at Beverly 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kirk Bros Masonry 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1394 32 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1093 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.