Grocery stores · Iowa

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines

Name: Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Des Moines, IA · ~123 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

B
Good Safety Record: 2.2
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade B.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines: 2.2 TCR = 64% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines safety composite

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 88% 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).

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 62% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines: 0.0 → 1.7 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.8 TCR · DART/TCR 0.78× in 2024

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines's TCR rose 1.7 from 0.0 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 4.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.78× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 64% of ind

DART 1.7 DART
RANK #49/211
PHOTO Store 0448
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Store 0448 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines averages 2.2 TCR (64% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines TCR series: 2020=0 · 2023=4.8 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 3.4

Where Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 88% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade B

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #49 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines (123 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Fareway Stores, Inc. 153 West Des Moines has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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
2024	1.7	1.7	1
2023	4.8	3.2	3
2020	0.0	0.0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · West Des Moines

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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	Store 0448	WINTER HAVEN, FL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 1687	HOOVER, AL	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	190	CLARKS SUMMIT, PA	2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	016-00511	TOLEDO, OH	2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Cedar Valley Corp LLC	WATERLOO	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cramer & Associates, Inc.	GRIMES	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Bratney Companies	URBANDALE	123 FTE
STATE-SIZE	0107 LOWE S OF DAVENPORT IA	DAVENPORT	123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Hy-Vee, Inc.	West Des Moines	73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wright Tree Service, Inc	West Des Moines	4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WDMCS	West Des Moines	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters	West Des Moines	1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR	Richmond Shop VA FXFE-RCHS	South Chesterfield, VA	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Krueger International Green Bay Plant	Green Bay, WI	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 0448	Winter Haven, FL	2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Store 1687	Hoover, AL	2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	2321 MARTINS SUPERMARKET- MI location	St Joseph, MI	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Gum Springs	Arkadelphia, AR	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bastian Custom Automation	Greenfield, IN	123 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ross Contracting, Inc.	Mount Airy, MD	123 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: 2024, 2023, 2020. 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.