General Freight Trucking Local · Iowa

Des Moines (Iadme)

Des Moines, IA · ~40 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.6
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines (Iadme) runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General Freight Trucking Local workplace, earning a grade F.

Des Moines (Iadme): 11.6 TCR = 257% of General Freight Trucking Local BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines (Iadme) safety composite

Des Moines (Iadme) scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 9%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 11.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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

−6.1

2016→2018

Des Moines (Iadme) injury rate improved

Des Moines (Iadme)'s TCR fell 6.1 from 14.6 in 2016 to 8.5 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 14.6 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0.49× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=14.6 · 2018=8.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484110 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.6 · 257% of ind

  • DART 5.7 DART
  • RANK #33/34
  • PHOTO HDS-Berkeley
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~40 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: HDS-Berkeley (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines (Iadme) in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines (Iadme) averages 11.6 TCR (257% of the General Freight Trucking Local BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines (Iadme) TCR series: 2016=14.6 · 2018=8.5 · BLS 4.5

Where Des Moines (Iadme) falls in its industry

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local establishments

Safer than 9% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 34 General Freight Trucking Local employers in Iowa.

Des Moines (Iadme) (40 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines (Iadme)
Des Moines (Iadme) (40 employees, TCR 11.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Des Moines (Iadme) has fewer employees than the General Freight Trucking Local median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2018 8.5 5.7 2 1 0
2016 14.6 8.8 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484110 · IA · Des Moines

2,784 General Freight Trucking Local 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 HDS-Berkeley 11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR NYBSH - FARMINGDALE 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR HDS-Zanesville 11.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Zenith HD - Conover 11.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hill Farm 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cedar Rapids Cogen 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative 40 FTE
STATE-SIZE Access Energy Cooperative 40 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 Ky51-Br-Br-Lexington Distribution 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4769-714-Williams Sonoma 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Atlas Components, Inc. 11.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4039-03915800-00W001 11.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Addison B Building (Iladb) 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aap Lakeland (Fllan) 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lignetics of Idaho 40 FTE
NAT-SIZE Del Rio (Txdel) 40 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: 2018, 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.