Employer · Iowa

Des Moines, IA HVAC

Des Moines, IA · ~43 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.6
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines, IA HVAC runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

Des Moines, IA HVAC: 2.6 TCR = 93% of industry BLS 2.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines, IA HVAC safety composite

Des Moines, IA HVAC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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

64/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−2.3

2016→2021

Des Moines, IA HVAC injury rate improved

Des Moines, IA HVAC's TCR fell 2.3 from 2.3 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.6 · 93% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/94
  • PHOTO Kirk Williams Company
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Kirk Williams Company (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines, IA HVAC in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines, IA HVAC averages 2.6 TCR (93% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines, IA HVAC TCR series: 2016=2.3 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=2.1 · 2019=8.9 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Des Moines, IA HVAC falls in its industry

5,793 industry establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 94 industry employers in Iowa.

Des Moines, IA HVAC (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 Des Moines, IA HVAC
Des Moines, IA HVAC (43 employees, TCR 2.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Des Moines, IA HVAC has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 8.9 4.5 4 0 0
2018 2.1 0.0 1 0 0
2017 2.2 0.0 1 0 0
2016 2.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · IA · Des Moines

5,793 industry 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 Kirk Williams Company 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ahern Madison 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR RRSC Dayton 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR MIELKE Mechanical 2.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 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 Matthews Granite- Star / Elite 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PCH 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Minnkota Windows 2.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Mollenberg-Betz Inc 2.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE US165: Toledo 584 - SG 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE SBS Dallas (Farmers Branch) 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Chehalis West Assisted Living 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Landings of Minnetonka 43 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.