General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) · Iowa

Holland - DS

Des Moines, IA · ~49 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.5
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Holland - DS runs at 122% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) workplace, earning a grade D.

Holland - DS: 5.5 TCR = 122% of General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Holland - DS safety composite

Holland - DS scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 5.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 52% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.91 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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%).

Rising injury rate

Holland - DS: 1.9 → 7.9 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.44× in 2018

Holland - DS's TCR rose 6.0 from 1.9 in 2016 to 7.9 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 1.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 5.5 · 122% of ind

  • DART 7.9 DART
  • RANK #22/50
  • PHOTO R+L Carriers - SGF
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~49 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: R+L Carriers - SGF (0.0 TCR gap)

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Holland - DS in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Holland - DS averages 5.5 TCR (122% of the General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) BLS benchmark).

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

Holland - DS TCR series: 2016=1.9 · 2017=6.6 · 2018=7.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Holland - DS falls in its industry

3,020 General freight trucking, long establishments

Safer than 52% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #22 safest of 50 General freight trucking, long employers in Iowa.

Holland - DS (49 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Holland - DS
Holland - DS (49 employees, TCR 5.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

Holland - DS has fewer employees than the General freight trucking, long-distance, median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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
2018 7.9 7.9 3 0 0
2017 6.6 1.6 4 0 0
2016 1.9 1.9 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Des Moines

3,020 General freight trucking, long-distance, less-than-truckload (LTL) 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 R+L Carriers - SGF 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 018-GRP 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR OTM 5.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Greeneville 039 5.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE DAS Marshalltown, IA 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE United Farmers Cooperative (Afton) 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms West 49 FTE
STATE-SIZE CIPCO - Cedar Rapids 49 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 Westpark Springs 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Diana's Bakery Enfield 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Bristol (Tnbsl) 5.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Chattanooga (Tncha) 5.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Powdersize, LLC 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Evergreen Place - Normal 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arbon Steel & Service Company 49 FTE
NAT-SIZE South Lake Tahoe (Caslt) 49 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: 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.