Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid · Iowa

Iowa

Des Moines, IA · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.4
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa runs at 170% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid workplace, earning a grade D.

Iowa: 4.4 TCR = 170% of Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa safety composite

Iowa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 88% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.42 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 88% 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%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2018→2019

Iowa injury rate improved

Iowa's TCR fell 2.7 from 5.8 in 2018 to 3.1 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2018 at 5.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=5.8 · 2019=3.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 4.4 · 170% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/24
  • PHOTO S06698 - Winton Disp…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S06698 - Winton Disposal (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa averages 4.4 TCR (170% of the Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa TCR series: 2018=5.8 · 2019=3.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Iowa falls in its industry

2,322 Waste collection services, non establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 24 Waste collection services, non employers in Iowa.

Iowa (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 Iowa
Iowa (28 employees, TCR 4.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Iowa has fewer employees than the Waste collection services, nonhazardous median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2019 3.1 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.8 5.8 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Des Moines

2,322 Waste collection services, nonhazardous solid 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 S06698 - Winton Disposal 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Star Services 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yorktown 4957 4.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Waste Pro 113 - Crestview 4.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE IOWA ADMIN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pocahontas Warehouse 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE WCT Crystal Lake 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Council Bluff W Broadway (IA001) 28 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 227 - Mansfield-OH 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Cardinal FG - Tomah TG 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Reedman Toll 4.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0027 1449 4.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Spokane Wa/Intermountain District 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R18 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hall'S Cold Storage 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4113-41131003-R76 28 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: 2019, 2018. 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.