Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) · Iowa

Des Moines ARC

Des Moines, IA · ~20 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines ARC runs at 112% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) workplace, earning a grade C.

Des Moines ARC: 4.3 TCR = 112% of Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines ARC safety composite

Des Moines ARC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.25 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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

−4.8

2016→2019

Des Moines ARC injury rate improved

Des Moines ARC's TCR fell 4.8 from 4.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 7.9 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.8 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 624310 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 112% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #30/48
  • PHOTO Friendship, Industri…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~20 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Friendship, Industries, INC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines ARC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines ARC averages 4.3 TCR (112% of the Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines ARC TCR series: 2016=4.8 · 2018=7.9 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Des Moines ARC falls in its industry

1,455 Vocational rehabilitation or h establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #30 safest of 48 Vocational rehabilitation or h employers in Iowa.

Des Moines ARC (20 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines ARC
Des Moines ARC (20 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Des Moines ARC has fewer employees than the Vocational rehabilitation or habilitatio median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 7.9 7.9 1 0 0
2016 4.8 4.8 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

624310 · IA · Des Moines

1,455 Vocational rehabilitation or habilitation services (e.g., job counseling, job training, work experience) 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 Friendship, Industries, INC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR DSI Greene County 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mill Street 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR AA 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Skyline Pork, LLC 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE J-Six Farms Iowa 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Handlos Jacksonville 20 FTE
STATE-SIZE Newell Pig II 20 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 Hartford Ponderosa 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 259 - Mishawaka 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Michels Power- CA 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-308-Williams Sonoma 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL Thrift Store 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE GST 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE CW Specialty Lumber Inc. 20 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Supply Las Vegas 20 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: 2019, 2018, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.