Carpentry, framing · Iowa
Des Moines Head Office
West Des Moines, IA · ~82 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.2
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Des Moines Head Office runs at 435% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Carpentry, framing workplace, earning a grade F.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.2
- avg TCR · per 100 workers
- 2.8
- industry benchmark (BLS)
- 18
- recordable injuries tracked
Grade compares Des Moines Head Office's OSHA Total Case Rate to the BLS industry benchmark across 2 years of Form 300A filings (2016–2024). This reflects reported recordable injuries, not an independent safety inspection -- underreporting is a known limitation of employer self-recordkeeping.
Injury rate over time
Des Moines Head Office's yearly Total Case Rate, against the 2.8 industry benchmark.
Where Des Moines Head Office falls in its industry
413 Carpentry, framing establishmentsSafer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 4 Carpentry, framing employers in Iowa.
Des Moines Head Office has an average TCR of 12.2, which is 435% of the industry average (2.8) for Carpentry, framing. This is significantly worse than average.
The letter grade is a transparent derived index PlainSafetyScore computes from public OSHA ITA and BLS benchmark data, not an official OSHA rating or safety certification. Full formula and thresholds: Methodology.
Trend analysis for Des Moines Head Office
Between 2021 and 2022, Des Moines Head Office's Total Case Rate improved from 13.2 to 11.2 recordable injuries per 100 full-time workers, a 15% decrease across 1 year of OSHA reporting.
The safest year on record was 2022, at a TCR of 11.2, while 2021 saw the highest rate, at 13.2, a spread of 1.9 points between the best and worst reporting years. That's a comparatively narrow spread, suggesting a fairly consistent safety record across the 2 years with a usable rate on file, rather than one outlier year skewing the multi-year average.
Summed across those 2 reporting years, Des Moines Head Office recorded 18 total injuries and illnesses, with no fatalities reported in any of those years. Readers comparing establishments should weigh the 2-year trend above alongside establishment size, since a larger workforce naturally accumulates more raw incidents even at a lower per-100-worker rate.
Verify This Employer with OSHA
All injury, illness, and fatality figures on this page are sourced from Des Moines Head Office's own mandatory OSHA Form 300A summaries. Cross-check the underlying establishment record directly against the federal source, name, NAICS classification, recordable case totals, and inspection history are all searchable on OSHA's Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data system.
Verify on OSHA Establishment SearchSource: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Establishment-Specific Injury and Illness Data. NAICS 238130 - Carpentry, framing.
DART Rate, Transparent Calculation (2022)
DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) is computed by OSHA as incidents × 200,000 ÷ hours worked. The 200,000-hour denominator equals roughly 100 full-time workers, which lets establishments of very different sizes be compared directly.
1 DART incidents × 200,000 ÷ 124,800 hours worked = 1.60 DART
Methodology: 29 CFR 1904, OSHA Form 300A recordkeeping
Cross-Validating Context, Establishment vs Industry vs State
| Benchmark | TCR | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Head Office (this establishment) | 12.19 | OSHA ITA Form 300A, 2-year avg |
| Carpentry, framing industry avg | 2.80 | BLS IIF, NAICS 238130 |
| Iowa state avg (all industries) | 5.33 | OSHA ITA, state-level rollup |
Industry benchmarks: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program
Reportable Incident Timeline
Year-by-year reportable incidents (recordable injuries + illnesses + fatalities) submitted by Des Moines Head Office to OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. Each row anchors to OSHA's inspection records search where you can pull the underlying inspection case numbers and citations for that establishment-year.
- 2022: 7 reportable incidents · 7 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
- 2021: 11 reportable incidents · 11 injuries, 0 illnesses, 0 fatalities - OSHA inspection records (case numbers)
Source: OSHA Inspection Information System (IMIS) - inspection case-number records
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.2 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
What this grade means for you
Use this grade as a relative read on Des Moines Head Office's reported OSHA injury record versus its Carpentry, framing peers, not a verdict on whether any single site is safe today.
- At 435% of the Carpentry, framing benchmark, Des Moines Head Office reports more injuries than typical peers, ask specifically how the employer is reducing them. Know your rights
- Judge this record against the wider Carpentry, framing sector, where injury rates vary widely, before comparing it in isolation. See the industry
- Grades reflect 2016–2024 filings; check the latest establishment record straight from OSHA, or look up a different employer. Look up another
Safety grades reflect employers' self-reported OSHA Form 300A filings from 2016 to 2024 and can lag current conditions. A grade is not a guarantee that any specific workplace is safe or unsafe today. See our methodology and disclaimer.
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Every figure and grade on PlainSafetyScore is computed directly from OSHA's published Injury Tracking Application data and BLS industry benchmarks, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these safety grades, or report a data error. Data current as of 2016-2024 OSHA ITA release.