Metals service centers · Iowa

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines

Ankeny, IA · ~25 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
4.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines runs at 206% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Metals service centers workplace, earning a grade F.

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines: 4.5 TCR = 206% of Metals service centers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines safety composite

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 40%), 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).

C

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 40% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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

−8.2

2021→2024

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines injury rate improved

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines's TCR fell 8.2 from 8.2 in 2021 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=8.2 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 4.5 · 206% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/18
  • PHOTO JMS Russel Metals Co…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~25 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: JMS Russel Metals Corp - Hope (0.0 TCR gap)

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Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines averages 4.5 TCR (206% of the Metals service centers BLS benchmark).

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

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines TCR series: 2021=8.2 · 2022=6.7 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines falls in its industry

1,299 Metals service centers establishments

Safer than 40% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 18 Metals service centers employers in Iowa.

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines (25 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines
Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines (25 employees, TCR 4.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

Chicago Tube and Iron Company Des Moines has fewer employees than the Metals service centers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 6.7 3.3 2 0 0
2021 8.2 8.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IA · Ankeny

1,299 Metals service centers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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 JMS Russel Metals Corp - Hope 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Allied Crawford (Lakeland), Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR ICI Metals, Inc. 4.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR National Material Processing LLC - Plant 1 4.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE WCT-Crystal Lake 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oskaloosa Service Center 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midland Power 25 FTE
STATE-SIZE Consumers Energy 25 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Des Moines Works 1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Works 1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR PDI 859 FTE
CITY-NEAR Baker Group 617 FTE
NAT-TCR Mac Fasteners KS 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Belkorp Ag - Merced 4.5 TCR
NAT-TCR 8027604 Heartland Automotive 4.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Tulane Lakeside - EVS 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE 016k - Eau Claire Wi Rntl 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cates & Erb, Inc. 25 FTE
NAT-SIZE Grove Pointe Assisted Living 25 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.