Freight Trucking LTL · Iowa

Ds Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~55 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Ds Des Moines runs at 98% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Freight Trucking LTL workplace, earning a grade C.

Ds Des Moines: 4.4 TCR = 98% of Freight Trucking LTL BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ds Des Moines safety composite

Ds Des Moines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 67% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 33%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 67% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.29 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Ds Des Moines: 3.5 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 5.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.2× in 2018

Ds Des Moines's TCR rose 1.8 from 3.5 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.4 · 98% of ind

  • DART 5.3 DART
  • RANK #15/50
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - GRE
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~55 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - GRE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Ds Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Ds Des Moines averages 4.4 TCR (98% of the Freight Trucking LTL BLS benchmark).

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

Ds Des Moines TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2018=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where Ds Des Moines falls in its industry

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL establishments

Safer than 67% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 50 Freight Trucking LTL employers in Iowa.

Ds Des Moines (55 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 Ds Des Moines
Ds Des Moines (55 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Ds Des Moines has fewer employees than the Freight Trucking LTL median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 5.3 5.3 3 0 0
2016 3.5 1.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Des Moines

3,020 Freight Trucking LTL 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 R+L Carriers - GRE 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - TSE 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR XTO 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR OSH-ODFL 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Oakridge 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE DuPont Pioneer - Algona Research - ALG2 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Altoona- Streets 55 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Traffic Control, Inc. 55 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 Corporate Office 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR MGI 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 36-50-51-Chicago 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR The Sarah Roberts French Home, Inc. 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Aqua North Carolina, Inc. - Denver 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fluid Connectors : Kent 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE Public Works 55 FTE
NAT-SIZE General Stamping & Metalworks - Tomah 55 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: 2018, 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.