Ambulance and fire service combined · Iowa

Fire Station 4

Name: Fire Station 4 Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~22 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 24.5
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Station 4 runs at 767% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Ambulance and fire service combined workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Station 4: 24.5 TCR = 767% of Ambulance and fire service combined BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Station 4 safety composite

Fire Station 4 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 24.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers
DART rate: F 11.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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

−2.0

2016→2023

Fire Station 4 injury rate improved

Fire Station 4's TCR fell 2.0 from 13.4 in 2016 to 11.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 40.1 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.47× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=13.4 · 2017=33.3 · 2018=40.1 · 2023=11.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

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

Grade F · TCR 24.5 · 767% of ind

DART 11.4 DART
RANK #17/18
PHOTO NORTHERN REGION : CZU
BOOK 4y book
INJ 22 inj
SIZE ~22 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NORTHERN REGION : CZU (0.1 TCR gap)

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NORTHERN REGIO

24.6
This site

24.5
Fire Departmen

24.4
City of Yakima

24.4
SOUTHERN REGIO

24.4

What this shows Fire Station 4 averages 24.5 TCR (767% of the Ambulance and fire service combined BLS benchmark).

Fire Station 4 TCR series: 2016=13.4 · 2017=33.3 · 2018=40.1 · 2023=11.4 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Station 4 falls in its industry

793 Ambulance and fire service com establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #17 safest of 18 Ambulance and fire service com employers in Iowa.

Fire Station 4 (22 employees, TCR 24.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Station 4 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	11.4	11.4	3	0
2018	40.1	28.1	9	1
2017	33.3	20.8	7	1
2016	13.4	8.9	3	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	NORTHERN REGION : CZU	FELTON, CA	24.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	FAIRFIELD, CA	24.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Yakima Fire Department	YAKIMA, WA	24.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SOUTHERN REGION : BEU	MONTEREY, CA	24.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	GDM Seeds, Inc - Ankeny, IA	ANKENY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	United Farmers Cooperative (Mt. Ayr)	MOUNT AYR	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Kevin D. Moellers	RIDGEWAY	22 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sheldon	SHELDON	22 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	Duco-Lam	Drain, OR	24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ocean Avenue LEARNing Academy	New London, CT	24.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Cumberland Crossings Retirement Community	Carlisle, PA	24.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Braxton and sons	Hopkins, MN	24.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Valley Sod Farms, Inc.	North Hills, CA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	DB Electrical	Kingsport, TN	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rancho Tmescal	Piru, CA	22 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Big Lots Store #4357 GRAND JUNCTION, CO	Grand Junction, CO	22 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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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.