General medical and surgical hospitals · Iowa

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE

Des Moines, IA · ~2,985 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.8
Avg TCR
7.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE runs at 303% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade F.

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE: 22.8 TCR = 303% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE safety composite

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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 22.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−29.1

2023→2024

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE injury rate improved

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE's TCR fell 29.1 from 37.3 in 2023 to 8.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 37.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=37.3 · 2024=8.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 622110 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 22.8 · 303% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #160/160
  • PHOTO Wagner Community Mem…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 303 inj
  • SIZE ~2,985 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wagner Community Memorial Hosptial Avera (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE averages 22.8 TCR (303% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE TCR series: 2023=37.3 · 2024=8.2 · BLS 7.5

Where Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE falls in its industry

6,862 General medical and surgical h establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #160 safest of 160 General medical and surgical h employers in Iowa.

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE (2,985 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2 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 02,0004,0006,000 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE
Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE (2,985 employees, TCR 22.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 492 employees and a TCR of 5.2

Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 8.2 2.3 203 9 0
2023 37.3 5.6 100 6 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

622110 · IA · Des Moines

6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals 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 Wagner Community Memorial Hosptial Avera 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marcus Autism Center 22.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home 22.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Beckley Hospital 22.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
STATE-SIZE Whirlpool 2,940 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Pork Plant 2,801 FTE
STATE-SIZE Vermeer Corporation - Pella 3,187 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 6458-ZOSH 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0553 Merrick 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Aegis of Ventura 22.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Franklin Bronze Plaques 22.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Silver Cross Hospital 2,989 FTE
NAT-SIZE Human Services 2,989 FTE
NAT-SIZE Takeda: USA Field Sales Employees 2,980 FTE
NAT-SIZE MGM National Harbor 2,991 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.