Janitorial services · Iowa

Bridgestone VSI

Des Moines, IA · ~43 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
8.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bridgestone VSI runs at 196% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Janitorial services workplace, earning a grade D.

Bridgestone VSI: 8.8 TCR = 196% of Janitorial services BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bridgestone VSI safety composite

Bridgestone VSI scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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 8.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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

−1.7

2016→2018

Bridgestone VSI injury rate improved

Bridgestone VSI's TCR fell 1.7 from 9.4 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 9.4 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.87× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=9.4 · 2018=7.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 8.8 · 196% of ind

  • DART 7.7 DART
  • RANK #72/80
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT PALM BAY E…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT PALM BAY ES HOURLY (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bridgestone VSI in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bridgestone VSI averages 8.8 TCR (196% of the Janitorial services BLS benchmark).

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

Bridgestone VSI TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=9.4 · 2018=7.7 · BLS 4.5

Where Bridgestone VSI falls in its industry

4,064 Janitorial services establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #72 safest of 80 Janitorial services employers in Iowa.

Bridgestone VSI (43 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bridgestone VSI
Bridgestone VSI (43 employees, TCR 8.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Bridgestone VSI has fewer employees than the Janitorial services median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 7.7 7.7 3 0 0
2017 9.4 7.0 4 0 0
2016 9.4 7.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · IA · Des Moines

4,064 Janitorial 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 SODEXO AT PALM BAY ES HOURLY 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Solano Mall 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hilton Chicago Northbrook 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR The DM Burr Group - West Bloomfield Schools 8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 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 Harlow's Bus Sales - Bismarck 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Lucerne Petroleum 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Haven at Manchester 8.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Southwestern Healthcare Center 8.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Copper and Brass Sales - South Bend 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ampacet Research & Development Center 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Just $ave #172 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Savannah 43 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, 2017, 2016. 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.