Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers · Iowa

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482

Grimes, IA · ~80 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
9.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 runs at 407% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482: 9.0 TCR = 407% of Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 safety composite

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.96 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−7.6

2023→2024

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 injury rate improved

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482's TCR fell 7.6 from 12.7 in 2023 to 5.2 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.7 · 2024=5.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424450 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.0 · 407% of ind

  • DART 3.5 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Chocolate Delivery S…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 13 inj
  • SIZE ~80 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Chocolate Delivery Systems, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 averages 9.0 TCR (407% of the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 TCR series: 2023=12.7 · 2024=5.2 · BLS 2.2

Where DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 falls in its industry

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Confectionery Merchant Wholesa employers in Iowa.

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 (80 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8 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 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482
DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 (80 employees, TCR 9.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 2.8

DES MOINES PEC EmpWorkCtrCd 30000482 has more employees than the Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 5.2 3.5 6 0 0
2023 12.7 7.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424450 · IA · Grimes

773 Confectionery Merchant Wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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 Chocolate Delivery Systems, Inc. 8.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dubuque EmpWorkCtrCd 30000475 9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Eby-Brown Ypsilanti 8.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR 40731 - TEXOMA MOBILE MAINT 9.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Storm Lake Turkey Farms 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE DMDL 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Calacci Construction Company, Inc. 80 FTE
STATE-SIZE Synergy Contracting, LLC 80 FTE
CITY-NEAR National Carwash Solutions 698 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Office 421 FTE
CITY-NEAR Grimes - Main Store 359 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 5748 315 FTE
NAT-TCR Carolina Reserve of Laurel Park 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Lapp Cable Works Inc 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnolia Electric Power 9.0 TCR
NAT-TCR St. Andrew's Village 9.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Braintree Facility 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Randall Bearings, Inc 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mountain View Retirement village 80 FTE
NAT-SIZE Saylor Lane Healthcare Center 80 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.