Recycling · Iowa

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center

Des Moines, IA · ~22 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center runs at 167% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Recycling workplace, earning a grade D.

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center: 4.3 TCR = 167% of Recycling BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center safety composite

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 58% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), 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).

D

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

DART rate
D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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%).

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center held a steady TCR band

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center's TCR held near 0.1 from 4.3 in 2022 to 4.4 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=4.3 · 2023=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.3 · 167% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #9/24
  • PHOTO Johns Disposal Servi…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Johns Disposal Service, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines Recycling Collection Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines Recycling Collection Center averages 4.3 TCR (167% of the Recycling BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center TCR series: 2022=4.3 · 2023=4.4 · BLS 2.6

Where Des Moines Recycling Collection Center falls in its industry

2,322 Recycling establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 24 Recycling employers in Iowa.

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center (22 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines Recycling Collection Center
Des Moines Recycling Collection Center (22 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Des Moines Recycling Collection Center has fewer employees than the Recycling median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2023 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2022 4.3 4.3 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Des Moines

2,322 Recycling 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 Johns Disposal Service, Inc. 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jacksonville North 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Casella Waste Services,Ithaca 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR High Point 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr) 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kevin D. Moellers 22 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sheldon 22 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 Mt Holly Urgent Care 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR 693 - Plymouth Branch 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Signature Systems Group, LLC - Orlando 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Western DuPage Special Recreation Association 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sodexo at Weld Cty School Dst Cust Acqui 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Structural Plastics Corp 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE 863 - Deerfield Branch 22 FTE
NAT-SIZE Aztec Steel 22 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.