Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Iowa
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines
Des Moines, IA · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.8
- Avg TCR
- 4.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines runs at 84% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade C.
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines: 3.8 TCR = 84% of Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines safety composite
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 38%), 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).
46/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.78 per 100 workers
Safer than 38% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.1 per 100 workers
Safer than 49% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−4.8
2022→2024
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines injury rate improved
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines's TCR fell 4.8 from 7.6 in 2022 to 2.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.56× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2022=7.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=2.8
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 484121 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.8 · 84% of ind
- DART 2.1 DART
- RANK #48/69
- PHOTO MT001 - MT-Missoula-…
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~78 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: MT001 - MT-Missoula-Field Office (0.0 TCR gap)
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Bison Transport USA - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines
3.8 TCR
- MT001 - MT-Mis
MT001 - MT-Missoula-Field Office
3.8 TCR
- MN-Owatonna-Vi
MN-Owatonna-Viracon
3.8 TCR
- Calex Express
Calex Express Inc.
3.8 TCR
- WM 7813
WM 7813
3.8 TCR
What this shows Bison Transport USA - Des Moines averages 3.8 TCR (84% of the Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines TCR series: 2022=7.6 · 2023=0.9 · 2024=2.8 · BLS 4.5
Where Bison Transport USA - Des Moines falls in its industry
3,252 Motor freight carrier, general establishmentsSafer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 69 Motor freight carrier, general employers in Iowa.
Bison Transport USA - Des Moines has more employees than the Motor freight carrier, general, long-dis median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
484121 · IA · Des Moines
3,252 Motor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload (TL) 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 | MT001 - MT-Missoula-Field Office | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MN-Owatonna-Viracon | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Calex Express Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | WM 7813 | 3.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Marshalltown Oper Facility | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | LEM Marshalltown | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | office | 78 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MODERN BUILDERS INC | 78 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 | West Babylon 133 | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Medical Products Laboratories, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Marlo Coil | 3.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | KMA Delivery LLC | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Freudenberg NOK Sealing technologies - Ashland | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Rcnl, LLC. | 78 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | DDT6 | 78 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.