Ambulance and fire service combined · Iowa

Fire Station 1

Name: Fire Station 1 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~34 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 17.3
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Station 1 runs at 540% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Station 1: 17.3 TCR = 540% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station 1 safety composite

Fire Station 1 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 16%), 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).

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 17.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers
DART rate: F 11.82 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

Fire Station 1: 12.2 → 21.3 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 23.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.68× in 2023

Fire Station 1's TCR rose 9.0 from 12.2 in 2016 to 21.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 23.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.68× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.3 · 540% of ind

DART 11.8 DART
RANK #14/18
PHOTO Eugene/Springfield -…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 23 inj
SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Eugene/Springfield - Fire Station 4 (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fire Station 1 averages 17.3 TCR (540% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Fire Station 1 TCR series: 2016=12.2 · 2017=11.6 · 2018=23.9 · 2023=21.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station 1 falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Iowa.

Fire Station 1 (34 employees, TCR 17.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station 1 has fewer employees than the Ambulance and fire service combined median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. 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
2023	21.3	11.8	6	3
2018	23.9	7.2	10	0
2017	11.6	8.7	3	1
2016	12.2	6.1	4	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · IA · Des Moines

793 Ambulance and fire service combined 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Eugene/Springfield - Fire Station 4	SPRINGFIELD, OR	17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Station #1	MACOMB, IL	17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Zion	ZION, IL	17.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Eugene/Springfield Fire Department 11	EUGENE, OR	17.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE	BP Land, Inc.	WASHINGTON	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	2511-Beaman, IA	BEAMAN	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Belle Plaine	BELLE PLAINE	34 FTE
STATE-SIZE	KR Farm Labor Services, LLC	NEW HAMPTON	34 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	SKLD Muskegon	Muskegon, MI	17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cargill Protein	Camp Hill, PA	17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	4795-AA-RNO-RENO-RNO-TRML	Reno, NV	17.3 TCR
NAT-TCR	M.D. Service Plumbing, Inc	Colorado Springs, CO	17.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Automated Industrial Machinery Inc	Addison, IL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Citrus Extracts LLC	Fort Pierce, FL	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Veritiv Operating Company - NY051	Depew, NY	34 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Veritiv Operating Company - TN115	La Vergne, TN	34 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: 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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