ALL printing operations including digital printing · Iowa

Garner Printing

Des Moines, IA · ~52 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Garner Printing runs at 35% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical ALL printing operations including digital printing workplace, earning a grade A.

Garner Printing: 1.1 TCR = 35% of ALL printing operations including digital printing BLS 3.3 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Garner Printing safety composite

Garner Printing scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

74/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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

−2.6

2016→2024

Garner Printing injury rate improved

Garner Printing's TCR fell 2.6 from 2.6 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 2.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.6 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=2.4 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 323111 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.1 · 35% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #3/29
  • PHOTO Cottrell Printing Co…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~52 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Cottrell Printing Company, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Garner Printing in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Garner Printing averages 1.1 TCR (35% of the ALL printing operations including digital printing BLS benchmark).

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

Garner Printing TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=0 · 2018=1.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=2.4 · 2021=0 · 2022=2.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3

Where Garner Printing falls in its industry

2,001 ALL printing operations includ establishments

Safer than 84% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 29 ALL printing operations includ employers in Iowa.

Garner Printing (52 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Garner Printing
Garner Printing (52 employees, TCR 1.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 76 employees and a TCR of 2.6

Garner Printing has fewer employees than the ALL printing operations including digita median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.6. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 2.4 2.4 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.6 0.0 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 2.6 1.3 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

323111 · IA · Des Moines

2,001 ALL printing operations including digital printing 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 Cottrell Printing Company, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR 1685 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arcade Beauty-Chattanooga 1.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Orlando (Moran) 1.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE KE Flatwork Inc. 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE WNADGL, LLC 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Earth Services & Abatement 52 FTE
STATE-SIZE Snappy Popcorn 52 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 FPI Mechanical, Inc. 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CGH Locust St. Center 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR AJC 1.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Liberty Electronics Inc - Main 1.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Metal Cladding LOCPORT New York 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Las Vegas 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Crown Lift Trucks Pittsburgh 52 FTE
NAT-SIZE Erlanger, KY Location 52 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.