Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities · Iowa

Bickford of West Des Moines

West Des Moines, IA · ~36 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.9
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bickford of West Des Moines runs at 420% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Bickford of West Des Moines: 15.9 TCR = 420% of Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bickford of West Des Moines safety composite

Bickford of West Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 21% 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

−1.0

2016→2021

Bickford of West Des Moines injury rate improved

Bickford of West Des Moines's TCR fell 1.0 from 9.0 in 2016 to 8.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 72.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.0 · 2018=14.8 · 2019=32.0 · 2020=72.0 · 2021=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.9 · 420% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #97/121
  • PHOTO Edgewood Wtn MC
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 17 inj
  • SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Edgewood Wtn MC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bickford of West Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bickford of West Des Moines averages 15.9 TCR (420% of the Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Bickford of West Des Moines TCR series: 2016=9 · 2018=14.8 · 2019=32 · 2020=72 · 2021=8 · BLS 3.8

Where Bickford of West Des Moines falls in its industry

4,127 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #97 safest of 121 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Iowa.

Bickford of West Des Moines (36 employees, TCR 15.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Bickford of West Des Moines
Bickford of West Des Moines (36 employees, TCR 15.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Bickford of West Des Moines has fewer employees than the Assisted-living facilities with on-site median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2021 8.0 8.0 0 2 0
2020 72.0 66.0 5 7 0
2019 32.0 9.1 7 0 0
2018 14.8 9.9 3 0 0
2016 9.0 9.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · IA · West Des Moines

4,127 Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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 Edgewood Wtn MC 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Miralea Active Lifestyle Community 16.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kendal at Lexington 15.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Home of the Good Shepherd 16.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Algona Municipal Utilities 36 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Water Works 36 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wright Tree Service, Inc 4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters 1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR Liberty Commons of Wake County dba Capital Nursing and Rehab 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR TLG Paving Company, Inc. 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR NMC - Elk River 15.9 TCR
NAT-TCR CBSL Transportation Services 15.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Bickford of Peoria II 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE OAK Oakland 7600 Earhart - 1600 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Shore Center for the Performing Arts 36 FTE
NAT-SIZE T596 36 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, 2018, 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.