Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Des Moines, IA - NBU

West Des Moines, IA · ~63 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.3
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines, IA - NBU runs at 13% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade A.

Des Moines, IA - NBU: 0.3 TCR = 13% of Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines, IA - NBU safety composite

Des Moines, IA - NBU scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 99% 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 99% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% 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

−1.5

2019→2024

Des Moines, IA - NBU injury rate improved

Des Moines, IA - NBU's TCR fell 1.5 from 1.5 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 1.5 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=1.5 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424910 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.3 · 13% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #7/154
  • PHOTO Corteva Johnston Cam…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~63 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Corteva Johnston Campus - JH38 Carver (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines, IA - NBU in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines, IA - NBU averages 0.3 TCR (13% of the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines, IA - NBU TCR series: 2019=1.5 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.2

Where Des Moines, IA - NBU falls in its industry

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchan establishments

Safer than 99% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #7 safest of 154 Agricultural chemicals merchan employers in Iowa.

Des Moines, IA - NBU (63 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines, IA - NBU
Des Moines, IA - NBU (63 employees, TCR 0.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Des Moines, IA - NBU has more employees than the Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 1.5 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424910 · IA · West Des Moines

1,202 Agricultural chemicals merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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 Corteva Johnston Campus - JH38 Carver 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Green Resource #540 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Centerra Co-op, Ashland Corporate 0.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Woodstock 0.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cherokee-US-Production 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE D.R. Horton, Inc. - Iowa, LLC 63 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keen Project Solutions 63 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wright Tree Service, Inc 4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters 1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR General Atomics - Poway - A38 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR DDP Specialty Electronics Materials US 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR D.R. Horton, Inc. - Panama City 0.3 TCR
NAT-TCR OCM Inc. 0.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Starboard Logistics LLC 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE Borton Zillah Plant 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE FGE 63 FTE
NAT-SIZE AK at Tappan Hill 63 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, 2021, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.