Grocery stores · Iowa

Hy-Vee, Inc.

Name: Hy-Vee, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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West Des Moines, IA · ~73,135 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 4.1
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 6
Fatalities

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The verdict

Hy-Vee, Inc. runs at 120% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Grocery stores workplace, earning a grade D.

Hy-Vee, Inc.: 4.1 TCR = 120% of Grocery stores BLS 3.4 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Hy-Vee, Inc. safety composite

Hy-Vee, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 59% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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).

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 4.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers
DART rate: D 2.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 51% of industry peers
Fatalities: F 6

Safer than 0% 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%).

Hy-Vee, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Hy-Vee, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.1 from 4.0 in 2016 to 4.1 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 4.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.62× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.0 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=4.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 445110 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 120% of ind

DART 2.5 DART
RANK #130/211
PHOTO Lowes Foods #223
BOOK 6y book
INJ 9,741 inj
SIZE ~73,135 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Lowes Foods #223 (0.0 TCR gap)

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4.1
Lowes Foods #2

4.1
Rouses Market

4.1
FAREWAY STORES

4.1
Store 0582

4.1

What this shows Hy-Vee, Inc. averages 4.1 TCR (120% of the Grocery stores BLS benchmark).

Hy-Vee, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4 · 2017=3.9 · 2018=4.3 · 2019=4.5 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=4.1 · BLS 3.4

Where Hy-Vee, Inc. falls in its industry

30,654 Grocery stores establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.7.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #130 safest of 211 Grocery stores employers in Iowa.

Hy-Vee, Inc. (73,135 employees, TCR 4.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 99 employees and a TCR of 4.7

Hy-Vee, Inc. has more employees than the Grocery stores median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.7. 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	4.1	2.5	1,634	57	0
2020	3.9	2.4	1,551	55	1
2019	4.5	2.5	1,755	77	1
2018	4.3	2.5	1,668	98	0
2017	3.9	2.3	1,539	105	3
2016	4.0	2.3	1,594	87	1

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

445110 · IA · West Des Moines

30,654 Grocery stores employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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	Lowes Foods #223	LITTLE RIVER, SC	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Rouses Market #47	DIAMONDHEAD, MS	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	FAREWAY STORES, INC. 589 DECORAH	DECORAH, IA	4.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0582	TAMPA, FL	4.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	1918-19187610	IOWA CITY	29,553 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ISU - University Wide	AMES	13,316 FTE
STATE-SIZE	ISU - On Campus	AMES	12,527 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corporate Center	DES MOINES	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Wright Tree Service, Inc	West Des Moines	4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WDMCS	West Des Moines	1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR	FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters	West Des Moines	1,123 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - West Lake	West Des Moines	530 FTE
NAT-TCR	Des Plaines Reporting Center	Des Plaines, IL	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sonoma Winery (Frei Winery)	Healdsburg, CA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Holiday Inn Tewksbury Andover	Tewksbury, MA	4.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hudson Valley	Brewster, NY	4.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Abm Industries Incorporated	Sugar Land, TX	77,810 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc.	Lake Buena Vista, FL	64,183 FTE
NAT-SIZE	UC Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	40,333 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Mayo Clinic Rochester	Rochester, MN	38,233 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, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.