Support Activities for Air Transportation · Iowa

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines

Name: DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~243 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines runs at 33% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Support Activities for Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade A.

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines: 1.5 TCR = 33% of Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines safety composite

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 90% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

73/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.49 per 100 workers

Safer than 90% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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

−2.1

2017→2020

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines injury rate improved

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines's TCR fell 2.1 from 3.0 in 2017 to 0.8 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 3.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.28× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=3.0 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488119 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 33% of ind

DART 0.4 DART
RANK #2/16
PHOTO 00001083 LEX - 083 B…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 14 inj
SIZE ~243 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 00001083 LEX - 083 BLUE GRASS AIRPORT (0.0 TCR gap)

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MDWPW9669 MDW

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CORP

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Bombardier Tra

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What this shows DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines averages 1.5 TCR (33% of the Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines TCR series: 2017=3 · 2018=0.9 · 2019=1.3 · 2020=0.8 · BLS 4.5

Where DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines falls in its industry

1,555 Support Activities for Air Tra establishments

Safer than 90% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.5.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 16 Support Activities for Air Tra employers in Iowa.

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines (243 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 4.5

DGS Aviation Services : DSM - Des Moines has more employees than the Support Activities for Air Transportatio median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.5. 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
2020	0.8	0.4	2
2019	1.3	0.9	3
2018	0.9	0.4	2
2017	3.0	2.1	7

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488119 · IA · Des Moines

1,555 Support Activities for Air Transportation 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	00001083 LEX - 083 BLUE GRASS AIRPORT	LEXINGTON, KY	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	MDWPW9669 MDW - OPS	BEDFORD PARK, IL	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CORP	SAINT LOUIS, MO	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Bombardier Transportation - Atlanta - ATL	ATLANTA, GA	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sole Transport L.C.	DES MOINES	243 FTE
STATE-SIZE	INDEPENDENCE PLANT	INDEPENDENCE	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Todd & Sargent	AMES	244 FTE
STATE-SIZE	CLIVE IA - 3045	CLIVE	242 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Presque Isle Power Plant	Marquette, MI	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kenny Pipe & Supply, Inc.	Nashville, TN	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 2004	Mcallen, TX	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 565	Macon, GA	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	CHI Northern Kentucky Office	Erlanger, KY	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	McCain Plover Infinity Foods Inc	Plover, WI	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Elderwood at Hamburg	Hamburg, NY	243 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Performance Southern California - 1013	City of Industry, CA	243 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: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.