Insurance carriers, life, direct · Iowa

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters

West Des Moines, IA · ~1,123 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
0.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters runs at 132% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Insurance carriers, life, direct workplace, earning a grade D.

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters: 0.7 TCR = 132% of Insurance carriers, life, direct BLS 0.5 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters safety composite

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 0.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 45% of industry peers

DART rate
F 0.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
C 0

Safer than 59% 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%).

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters held a steady TCR band

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.4 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 1.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.7 · 2017=1.0 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 524113 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 0.7 · 132% of ind

  • DART 0.1 DART
  • RANK P45
  • PHOTO National Security In…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 28 inj
  • SIZE ~1,123 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: National Security Insurance (0.0 TCR gap)

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FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters averages 0.7 TCR (132% of the Insurance carriers, life, direct BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-09-26

FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2017=1 · 2018=0.7 · 2019=0.4 · BLS 0.5

Where FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters falls in its industry

11 Insurance carriers, life, dire establishments

Safer than 45% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2019 0.4 0.1 4 0 0
2018 0.7 0.2 7 0 0
2017 1.0 0.3 10 1 0
2016 0.7 0.3 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

524113 · IA · West Des Moines

11 Insurance carriers, life, direct 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR National Security Insurance 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR SFM Mutual Insurance Company 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Mason City Office 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company 0.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Tri-City Electric Co. 1,124 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc 1,110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Smithfield Foods Denison IA 1,103 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDT Coralville 1710 1,144 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wright Tree Service, Inc 4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - West Lake 530 FTE
NAT-TCR Haapanen Brothers, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Honeywell IN08 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR NY0123CN4 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Central SD #51 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : LGB6 1,123 FTE
NAT-SIZE West Chester (Pawes) 1,123 FTE
NAT-SIZE 055509-Oakland Ca P&Dc 1,123 FTE
NAT-SIZE Children's Hospital Colorado,Colorado Springs 1,123 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 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.