Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Branch 5

Des Moines, IA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.8
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Branch 5 runs at 352% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Branch 5: 7.8 TCR = 352% of Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Branch 5 safety composite

Branch 5 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 6%), 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

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 6% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% 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

−10.8

2019→2021

Branch 5 injury rate improved

Branch 5's TCR fell 10.8 from 15.0 in 2019 to 4.2 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 15.0 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=15.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423830 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.8 · 352% of ind

  • DART 4.2 DART
  • RANK #13/14
  • PHOTO NorthWest Handling S…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane (0.0 TCR gap)

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Branch 5 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Branch 5 averages 7.8 TCR (352% of the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Branch 5 TCR series: 2019=15 · 2020=4 · 2021=4.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Branch 5 falls in its industry

911 Forklift trucks (except log) m establishments

Safer than 6% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 14 Forklift trucks (except log) m employers in Iowa.

Branch 5 (26 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5 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 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Branch 5
Branch 5 (26 employees, TCR 7.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 2.5

Branch 5 has fewer employees than the Forklift trucks (except log) merchant wh median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.5. 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 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2020 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2019 15.0 15.0 1 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423830 · IA · Des Moines

911 Forklift trucks (except log) 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 NorthWest Handling Systems - Spokane 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Process Systems Inc 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando Branch 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR JF Acquisitions, LLC d/b/a JF Petroleum Group: Charlotte, NC 7.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastwood Sow Unit 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4806-Urbandale, IA 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBQ Downtown Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative 26 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 Eastpointe Rehab LLC 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Southern Cross Dairy 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 4818-CSRS 7.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Sodexo at Lewis University-Fm 7.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Card Transport, LLC 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE HPHI 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Milwaukee Home Care 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rinker PHLCP 26 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.