Building cleaning services, janitorial · Iowa

Harvard Services Group of Iowa

Name: Harvard Services Group of Iowa Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 5.6
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Harvard Services Group of Iowa runs at 125% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Building cleaning services, janitorial workplace, earning a grade D.

Harvard Services Group of Iowa: 5.6 TCR = 125% of Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Harvard Services Group of Iowa safety composite

Harvard Services Group of Iowa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 78% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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).

50/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 5.63 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 78% 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

−10.3

2019→2021

Harvard Services Group of Iowa injury rate improved

Harvard Services Group of Iowa's TCR fell 10.3 from 10.3 in 2019 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.3 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 125% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #60/80
PHOTO Grand Strand Medical…
BOOK 3y book
INJ 4 inj
SIZE ~36 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Grand Strand Medical Center - EVS (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Harvard Services Group of Iowa averages 5.6 TCR (125% of the Building cleaning services, janitorial BLS benchmark).

Harvard Services Group of Iowa TCR series: 2019=10.3 · 2020=6.6 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Harvard Services Group of Iowa falls in its industry

4,064 Building cleaning services, ja establishments

Safer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #60 safest of 80 Building cleaning services, ja employers in Iowa.

Harvard Services Group of Iowa (36 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Harvard Services Group of Iowa has fewer employees than the Building cleaning services, janitorial median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2021	0.0	0.0	0
2020	6.6	6.6	2
2019	10.3	10.3	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · IA · Des Moines

4,064 Building cleaning services, janitorial 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	Grand Strand Medical Center - EVS	MYRTLE BEACH, SC	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Havasu Regional Medical Center - CNS	LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	SODEXO AT CMMC EVS	LEWISTON, ME	5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Platinum Cleaning - PNC	INDIANAPOLIS, IN	5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT	ALGONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative	ALLISON	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Algona Municipal Utilities	ALGONA	36 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Waterloo Water Works	WATERLOO	36 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	Premium Concrete Inc.	Downers Grove, IL	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Solow Building Company - 420 E. 61st Street	New York, NY	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Venice Beach CA	Marina Del Rey, CA	5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hampton Products International Corp	Foothill Ranch, CA	5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Norsco Incorporated	Oakdale, CA	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Fire Department	Marquette, MI	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Package Design & Supply Co.-Main Facility	Buffalo, NY	36 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hightower Communications Inc	La Grange, NC	36 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. 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.