Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) · Iowa

BTI Special Commodities, Inc.

Name: BTI Special Commodities, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Des Moines, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 3.3
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. runs at 74% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) workplace, earning a grade B.

BTI Special Commodities, Inc.: 3.3 TCR = 74% of Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. safety composite

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 45%), 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).

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% 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

−6.7

2018→2021

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. injury rate improved

BTI Special Commodities, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.7 from 6.7 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=6.7 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484121 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 3.3 · 74% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #44/69
PHOTO ONT PAR
BOOK 2y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ONT PAR (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows BTI Special Commodities, Inc. averages 3.3 TCR (74% of the Trucking, general freight, long-distance, truckload (TL) BLS benchmark).

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. TCR series: 2018=6.7 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where BTI Special Commodities, Inc. falls in its industry

3,252 Trucking, general freight, lon establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #44 safest of 69 Trucking, general freight, lon employers in Iowa.

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. (22 employees, TCR 3.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 61 employees and a TCR of 3.0

BTI Special Commodities, Inc. has fewer employees than the Trucking, general freight, long-distance 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2018	6.7	6.7	4	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484121 · IA · Des Moines

3,252 Trucking, general freight, 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ONT PAR	ONTARIO, CA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	WM 7830	POTTSVILLE, PA	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	TNI - Pharr, TX	PHARR, TX	3.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Total Distribution Service Inc	LONG BEACH, CA	3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA	ANKENY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr)	MOUNT AYR	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kevin D. Moellers	RIDGEWAY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sheldon	SHELDON	22 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Bobcat of the Rockies- Commerce City	Commerce City, CO	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Triumph Airborne Structures	Hot Springs, AR	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Lima Hospice	Lima, OH	3.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Meijer Store 030	Jackson, MI	3.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Dobson Ave	Chicago, IL	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	La Vergne Sat Tn	La Vergne, TN	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	NORtech Energy Solutions, LLC	Williamsport, PA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Scoular Mentor	Mentor, MN	22 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, 2018. 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.