Ambulance and fire service combined · Iowa

Fire Station 3

Name: Fire Station 3 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~29 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 11.7
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Station 3 runs at 364% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Station 3: 11.7 TCR = 364% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station 3 safety composite

Fire Station 3 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 11.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 46% 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%).

TCR Δ

−10.6

2016→2023

Fire Station 3 injury rate improved

Fire Station 3's TCR fell 10.6 from 15.1 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.39× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.1 · 2017=16.4 · 2018=10.7 · 2023=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 11.7 · 364% of ind

DART 4.5 DART
RANK #10/18
PHOTO Gardner Fire Protect…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 15 inj
SIZE ~29 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Gardner Fire Protection District (0.0 TCR gap)

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11.7
Gardner Fire P

11.7
Village of Han

11.7
Fire Rescue

11.6
Fire Departmen

11.6

What this shows Fire Station 3 averages 11.7 TCR (364% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Fire Station 3 TCR series: 2016=15.1 · 2017=16.4 · 2018=10.7 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station 3 falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 39% 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 #10 safest of 18 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Iowa.

Fire Station 3 (29 employees, TCR 11.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station 3 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	4.5	4.5	1	0
2018	10.7	5.3	4	0
2017	16.4	8.2	5	1
2016	15.1	15.1	5	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	Gardner Fire Protection District	GARDNER, IL	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Rescue	CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA	11.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Village of Hanover Park Fire	HANOVER PARK, IL	11.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	NORWICH, CT	11.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	FDML Forest City 0016	FOREST CITY	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Dogwood Sow Unit	CHESTER	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Southwood Sow Unit	SUMNER	29 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Montgomery Valley Farms	VILLISCA	29 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	Pete's Fresh Market Madison Corporation	Chicago, IL	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stanley Steemer	San Diego, CA	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	LifeServices - The Winds at Mattern Orchard	Duncansville, PA	11.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gardner Fire Protection District	Gardner, IL	11.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Copper Creek Landscaping, Inc	Spokane, WA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Classi-Co Foods	New Castle, PA	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Bryan TX FXFE-BRY	Somerville, TX	29 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Duluth MN	Duluth, MN	29 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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