Botanical gardens · Iowa

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

Des Moines, IA · ~33 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.1
Avg TCR
3.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden runs at 100% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Botanical gardens workplace, earning a grade C.

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden: 3.1 TCR = 100% of Botanical gardens BLS 3.1 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden safety composite

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 91% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

B

78/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 3.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

DART rate
A 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 91% 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

−4.4

2017→2024

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden injury rate improved

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden's TCR fell 4.4 from 4.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 8.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=4.4 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 712130 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 100% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK P83
  • PHOTO Dogwood Canyon
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Dogwood Canyon (0.0 TCR gap)

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Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden averages 3.1 TCR (100% of the Botanical gardens BLS benchmark).

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

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden TCR series: 2017=4.4 · 2018=4.8 · 2019=8.2 · 2020=4.2 · 2021=0 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.1

Where Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden falls in its industry

174 Botanical gardens establishments

Safer than 83% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden (33 employees, TCR 3.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 153 employees and a TCR of 6.8

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has fewer employees than the Botanical gardens median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 Fatalities
2024 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.3 3.3 1 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 4.2 4.2 1 0 0
2019 8.2 8.2 2 0 0
2018 4.8 4.8 1 0 0
2017 4.4 4.4 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

712130 · IA · Des Moines

174 Botanical gardens 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 Dogwood Canyon 3.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR OHP 3.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR New England Aquarium 3.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Beck's Marshalltown 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Select Genetics IA Hatchery & Logistics 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative 33 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keokuk Contractors LLC 33 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 IN180 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 212TRH 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Gazelle Transportation, LLC 3.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 1086 Waipahu 3.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Shady Acres Dairy LP. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE North Central Stamping, Inc. 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Diamond D, LLC 33 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lassens Bakersfield 33 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, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.