Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing · Iowa
Des Moines Branch
Des Moines, IA · ~196 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 9.7
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Des Moines Branch runs at 293% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing workplace, earning a grade F.
Des Moines Branch: 9.7 TCR = 293% of Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Des Moines Branch safety composite
Des Moines Branch scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).
34/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 9.67 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 2.94 per 100 workers
Safer than 50% 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
−5.5
2016→2024
Des Moines Branch injury rate improved
Des Moines Branch's TCR fell 5.5 from 8.5 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.3× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=8.5 · 2017=16.1 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=9.8 · 2024=2.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 312111 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 9.7 · 293% of ind
- DART 2.9 DART
- RANK #15/16
- PHOTO Coca-Cola Southwest …
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 128 inj
- SIZE ~196 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (Tulsa DC) (0.0 TCR gap)
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Des Moines Branch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Des Moines Branch
9.7 TCR
- Coca-Cola Sout
Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (Tulsa DC)
9.7 TCR
- C007 Lexington
C007 Lexington
9.7 TCR
- Coca-Cola Bott
Coca-Cola Bottling of the Lehigh Valley
9.6 TCR
- Admiral Bevera
Admiral Beverage - Nampa Production
9.6 TCR
What this shows Des Moines Branch averages 9.7 TCR (293% of the Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Des Moines Branch TCR series: 2016=8.5 · 2017=16.1 · 2018=12.7 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=10.8 · 2022=9.8 · 2024=2.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Des Moines Branch falls in its industry
516 Carbonated soft drinks manufac establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 16 Carbonated soft drinks manufac employers in Iowa.
Des Moines Branch has more employees than the Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.8. 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 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16.1 | 11.2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
312111 · IA · Des Moines
516 Carbonated soft drinks manufacturing 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 | Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (Tulsa DC) | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | C007 Lexington | 9.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Coca-Cola Bottling of the Lehigh Valley | 9.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Admiral Beverage - Nampa Production | 9.6 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Woodharbor Molding & Millworks, LLC | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Century FS | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines | 196 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Luther Care Services | 196 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 | South Baldwin Regional Medical Center | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Valhalla | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Imperial | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Aztec Containers | 9.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Brooklyn Park | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Riverside | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Universidad Ana G. Mendez - Barceloneta | 196 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | The YGS Group | 196 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.