Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance · Iowa

Des Moines Trucking Terminal

Des Moines, IA · ~17 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Des Moines Trucking Terminal runs at 11% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Des Moines Trucking Terminal: 0.5 TCR = 11% of Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance BLS 4.5 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Des Moines Trucking Terminal safety composite

Des Moines Trucking Terminal scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (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).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 97% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 3% 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

−3.4

2016→2022

Des Moines Trucking Terminal injury rate improved

Des Moines Trucking Terminal's TCR fell 3.4 from 3.4 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.4 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=3.4 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=0.0 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.5 · 11% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/15
  • PHOTO Bilbo Transports, Inc.
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~17 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bilbo Transports, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Des Moines Trucking Terminal in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Des Moines Trucking Terminal averages 0.5 TCR (11% of the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance BLS benchmark).

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

Des Moines Trucking Terminal TCR series: 2016=3.4 · 2017=0 · 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Des Moines Trucking Terminal falls in its industry

1,026 Specialized Freight (except Us establishments

Safer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 15 Specialized Freight (except Us employers in Iowa.

Des Moines Trucking Terminal (17 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Des Moines Trucking Terminal
Des Moines Trucking Terminal (17 employees, TCR 0.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Des Moines Trucking Terminal has fewer employees than the Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 3.4 0.0 1 0 1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · IA · Des Moines

1,026 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Bilbo Transports, Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tidco Transportation Inc. 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Jowin Express, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Quincy Trucking Terminal 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Corning) 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE C26 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Williams 17 FTE
STATE-SIZE Spencer #025 17 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 US - Branch Network : 0723 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri-Con Services, Inc 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Metro South - 119 Smith Street Jonesboro 0.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Afc Industries 0.5 TCR

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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.