Masonry contractors · Iowa

Forrest & Associate, Inc.

Des Moines, IA · ~72 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Forrest & Associate, Inc. runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Masonry contractors workplace, earning a grade D.

Forrest & Associate, Inc.: 4.0 TCR = 143% of Masonry contractors BLS 2.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Forrest & Associate, Inc. safety composite

Forrest & Associate, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 44%), 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

48/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.37 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.5

2021→2024

Forrest & Associate, Inc. injury rate improved

Forrest & Associate, Inc.'s TCR fell 2.5 from 7.3 in 2021 to 4.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2021=7.3 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=4.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238140 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 2.4 DART
  • RANK #6/8
  • PHOTO Jamison Home Service…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~72 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Jamison Home Services, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Forrest & Associate, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Forrest & Associate, Inc. averages 4.0 TCR (143% of the Masonry contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Forrest & Associate, Inc. TCR series: 2021=7.3 · 2023=0 · 2024=4.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Forrest & Associate, Inc. falls in its industry

703 Masonry contractors establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 8 Masonry contractors employers in Iowa.

Forrest & Associate, Inc. (72 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Forrest & Associate, Inc.
Forrest & Associate, Inc. (72 employees, TCR 4.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Forrest & Associate, Inc. has more employees than the Masonry contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 Fatalities
2024 4.7 2.4 2 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 7.3 4.9 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238140 · IA · Des Moines

703 Masonry contractors 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR Jamison Home Services, LLC 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR International Masonry , Inc. 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Home Office #01 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Shannon Masonry Construction 4.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Two Rivers Gas 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE Denco Highway Construction Corporation 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE CKF Des Moines 72 FTE
STATE-SIZE IDT Coralville 2600 72 FTE
CITY-NEAR Corporate Center 6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines 4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR MercyOne Des Moines 3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR Des Moines Methodist Hospital 3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR Findlay Vinyl 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Major Tool and Machine 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Louisa Care Center LLC 4.0 TCR
NAT-TCR S10145 - Irvine Hauling 4.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Veroni, USA 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Garkane Energy Cooperative INC 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE S10386 - DuBois Brockway Hauling 72 FTE
NAT-SIZE Westlake Chemical North 72 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, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.