Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction · Iowa
Elder Corporation
Des Moines, IA · ~274 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 1.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Elder Corporation runs at 55% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction workplace, earning a grade B.
Elder Corporation: 1.5 TCR = 55% of Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS 2.8 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Elder Corporation safety composite
Elder Corporation scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 81% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), 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).
71/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 1.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 74% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 81% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 53% 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
−2.8
2016→2024
Elder Corporation injury rate improved
Elder Corporation's TCR fell 2.8 from 3.1 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 3.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.1 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1.0 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.4
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237310 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 1.5 · 55% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #14/111
- PHOTO NH Trucking
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 35 inj
- SIZE ~274 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: NH Trucking (0.0 TCR gap)
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Elder Corporation in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Elder Corporation
1.5 TCR
- NH Trucking
NH Trucking
1.5 TCR
- Skanska Granit
Skanska Granite Lane JV - SGL Constructors (I4)
1.5 TCR
- Haskell Lemon
Haskell Lemon Group
1.5 TCR
- Gunter Constru
Gunter Construction
1.5 TCR
What this shows Elder Corporation averages 1.5 TCR (55% of the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction BLS benchmark).
Elder Corporation TCR series: 2016=3.1 · 2017=2.7 · 2018=1.3 · 2019=2.2 · 2020=1.4 · 2021=1 · 2022=0.7 · 2023=1.1 · 2024=0.4 · BLS 2.8
Where Elder Corporation falls in its industry
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, stree establishmentsSafer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 111 Pavement, highway, road, stree employers in Iowa.
Elder Corporation has more employees than the Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237310 · IA · Des Moines
4,078 Pavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction 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 | NH Trucking | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Skanska Granite Lane JV - SGL Constructors (I4) | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Haskell Lemon Group | 1.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gunter Construction | 1.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The ESCO Group | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Warren Performance Packaging | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Greystone Manufacturing | 274 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lewis Central District Office | 274 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 | NH Trucking | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | POCSC Pocono Service Center | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Yuma Cooler | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | OBE - Midway | 1.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RC Creations dba Acme Smoked Fish of NC | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Main Campus Residential Care Facilities | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baton Rouge Water Company | 274 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | CAMCO Chemical Co. Inc | 274 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.