General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL · Iowa

DSM-ODFL

Name: DSM-ODFL Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Ankeny, IA · ~235 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 4.8
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

DSM-ODFL runs at 108% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL workplace, earning a grade C.

DSM-ODFL: 4.8 TCR = 108% of General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS 4.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DSM-ODFL safety composite

DSM-ODFL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 60% 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).

49/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.85 per 100 workers

Safer than 60% of industry peers
DART rate: F 5.31 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

DSM-ODFL: 3.2 → 5.3 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 6.1 TCR · DART/TCR 1.09× in 2022

DSM-ODFL's TCR rose 2.1 from 3.2 in 2016 to 5.3 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2021 at 6.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.09× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Ankeny, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.8 · 108% of ind

DART 5.3 DART
RANK #17/50
PHOTO R+L Carriers - SPR
BOOK 6y book
INJ 76 inj
SIZE ~235 FTE

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

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4.8
R+L Carriers -

4.8
Knoxville KNX

4.8
Longview 106

4.8
Irvine CA FXFE

4.8

What this shows DSM-ODFL averages 4.8 TCR (108% of the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL BLS benchmark).

DSM-ODFL TCR series: 2016=3.2 · 2018=4.5 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=6.1 · 2022=5.3 · BLS 4.5

Where DSM-ODFL falls in its industry

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long establishments

Safer than 60% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 50 General Freight Trucking, long employers in Iowa.

DSM-ODFL (235 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

DSM-ODFL has more employees than the General Freight Trucking, long-distance, 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
2022	5.3	5.3	17
2021	6.1	4.4	18
2020	4.2	2.9	10
2019	5.8	5.8	14
2018	4.5	3.3	11
2016	3.2	2.2	6

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Ankeny

3,020 General Freight Trucking, long-distance, LTL employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 141 employers in Ankeny, 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	R+L Carriers - SPR	STRAFFORD, MO	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Knoxville KNX 1	KNOXVILLE, TN	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Longview 106	LONGVIEW, TX	4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Irvine CA FXFE-IVN	IRVINE, CA	4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Sysco Iowa, Inc	ANKENY	235 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Clinton - Main Store	CLINTON	235 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Veterans Memorial Hospital	WAUKON	235 FTE
STATE-SIZE	northwest Mechanical	DAVENPORT	236 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Des Moines Works	Ankeny	1,811 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Works	Ankeny	1,555 FTE
CITY-NEAR	PDI	Ankeny	859 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Baker Group	Ankeny	617 FTE
NAT-TCR	479 - Royersford	Royersford, PA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	584 - Western Hills	Cincinnati, OH	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Phoenix Rigging & Erecting, LLC	Mableton, GA	4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Poblocki Paving Corp.	West Allis, WI	4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	STL-ODFL	Saint Charles, MO	235 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Omaha Steaks DC	Omaha, NE	235 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Berry Global, Inc.	Tolleson, AZ	235 FTE
NAT-SIZE	D Courtney Construction	Carthage, TX	235 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: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016. 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.