Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) · Iowa

HDS Ltd

Johnston, IA · ~68 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
14.4
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HDS Ltd runs at 222% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) workplace, earning a grade F.

HDS Ltd: 14.4 TCR = 222% of Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS 6.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HDS Ltd safety composite

HDS Ltd scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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).

F

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 14.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 12.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% 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

−3.3

2020→2021

HDS Ltd injury rate improved

HDS Ltd's TCR fell 3.3 from 16.1 in 2020 to 12.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 16.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.88× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=16.1 · 2021=12.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 492110 · Johnston, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 14.4 · 222% of ind

  • DART 12.7 DART
  • RANK #70/82
  • PHOTO Amazon.com Services …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 15 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Amazon.com Services LLC - DTU7 (0.0 TCR gap)

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HDS Ltd in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows HDS Ltd averages 14.4 TCR (222% of the Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) BLS benchmark).

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

HDS Ltd TCR series: 2020=16.1 · 2021=12.7 · BLS 6.5

Where HDS Ltd falls in its industry

6,679 Express delivery services (exc establishments

Safer than 16% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 8.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 82 Express delivery services (exc employers in Iowa.

HDS Ltd (68 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0 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 01,0002,0003,0004,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate HDS Ltd
HDS Ltd (68 employees, TCR 14.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 113 employees and a TCR of 8.0

HDS Ltd has fewer employees than the Express delivery services (except establ median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 8.0. 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
2021 12.7 12.7 7 0 0
2020 16.1 12.1 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

492110 · IA · Johnston

6,679 Express delivery services (except establishments operating under a universal service obligation) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 76 employers in Johnston, 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 Amazon.com Services LLC - DTU7 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR 436190000 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR MYRTLE BEACH CENTER (SCMYR) 14.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hospital Couriers Nevada (Richmond) 14.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Kirkman Farms, LLP 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Rathbun Regional Water Association 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lakeside Contractors LLC 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Midwestern Mechanical - IA 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR John Deere Financial Johnston 1,069 FTE
CITY-NEAR CSC 639 FTE
CITY-NEAR ChildServe Center 621 FTE
CITY-NEAR DuPont Pioneer Johnston Campus - JH60 Franklin 486 FTE
NAT-TCR Boys & Girls Club Thrift Store 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Haven of Cottonwood, LLC 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Salt Lake Linen 14.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Schwartz Farms CLF MN 14.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dallas, TX (WC USX DLS) 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Albany EM/Rental 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Elderwood Staffing Solutions 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE OAK - Maintenance 68 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. 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.