Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers · Iowa

DC4

Des Moines, IA · ~200 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DC4 runs at 409% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

DC4: 9.0 TCR = 409% of Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DC4 safety composite

DC4 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 9 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% 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

−0.9

2017→2024

DC4 injury rate improved

DC4's TCR fell 0.9 from 8.9 in 2017 to 8.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 11.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.89× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=8.9 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=8.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423120 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 409% of ind

  • DART 8.0 DART
  • RANK #11/11
  • PHOTO Key Parts Inc.
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 70 inj
  • SIZE ~200 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Key Parts Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DC4 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DC4 averages 9.0 TCR (409% of the Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

DC4 TCR series: 2017=8.9 · 2022=11.3 · 2023=7.7 · 2024=8 · BLS 2.2

Where DC4 falls in its industry

950 Motor Vehicle Supplies and New establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #11 safest of 11 Motor Vehicle Supplies and New employers in Iowa.

DC4 (200 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate DC4
DC4 (200 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 4.7

DC4 has more employees than the Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Mer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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 8.0 8.0 17 0 0
2023 7.7 6.8 16 0 0
2022 11.3 10.2 21 0 0
2017 8.9 6.2 16 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423120 · IA · Des Moines

950 Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts 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 Key Parts Inc. 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Parts Authority Laurel 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 035/Albuquerque 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR 8683 KAO Eastvale 9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Amested Rail - Griffin Wheel Keokuk 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kreg Tool 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Geneva 200 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harmony House Care Center 200 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 Cincinnati 062 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Public Works- Solid Waste 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Breakers 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Chas A Bernick , Brainerd 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE HH-GAINSCC 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE ShopRite Of Northvale # 153 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE KIK Underground, LLC 200 FTE
NAT-SIZE RTC Industries, INC. 200 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, 2017. 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.