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Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage

Name: Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Grimes, IA · ~27 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 8.5
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Government - Transportation workplace, earning a grade F.

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage: 8.5 TCR = 264% of Government - Transportation BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage safety composite

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 14%), 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).

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 8.46 per 100 workers

Safer than 14% of industry peers
DART rate: F 4.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 53% 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

2019→2022

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage injury rate improved

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage's TCR fell 3.3 from 7.6 in 2019 to 4.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 17.7 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=7.6 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 926120 · Grimes, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.5 · 264% of ind

DART 4.2 DART
RANK #13/15
PHOTO Revel Transit
BOOK 4y book
INJ 8 inj
SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Revel Transit (0.1 TCR gap)

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Minnesota Depa

8.8
Dept. of Tran

8.6
This site

8.5
Revel Transit

8.5
CATS-CHARLOTTE

8.5

What this shows Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage averages 8.5 TCR (264% of the Government - Transportation BLS benchmark).

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage TCR series: 2019=7.6 · 2020=17.7 · 2021=4.3 · 2022=4.2 · BLS 3.2

Where Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage falls in its industry

208 Government - Transportation establishments

Safer than 14% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #13 safest of 15 Government - Transportation employers in Iowa.

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage (27 employees, TCR 8.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Iowa DOT - Grimes Garage has fewer employees than the Government - Transportation median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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
2022	4.2	4.2	1
2021	4.3	4.3	1
2020	17.7	13.3	4
2019	7.6	7.6	2

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

926120 · IA · Grimes

208 Government - Transportation employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 65 employers in Grimes, 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	Revel Transit	BROOKLYN, NY	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	CATS-CHARLOTTE AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM	CHARLOTTE, NC	8.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Dept. of Transportation & Public Facilities (9)	ANCHORAGE, AK	8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Minnesota Department of Transportation District 6.	ROCHESTER, MN	8.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.)	STORM LAKE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Wastewater Treatment Plant	SIOUX CITY	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Quality Construction Services, Inc.	ELDRIDGE	27 FTE
STATE-SIZE	The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14	WEST DES MOINES	27 FTE
CITY-NEAR	National Carwash Solutions	Grimes	698 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Office	Grimes	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Grimes - Main Store	Grimes	359 FTE
CITY-NEAR	WM 5748	Grimes	315 FTE
NAT-TCR	Noland Hospital Montgomery	Montgomery, AL	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Stop & Shop 100039	Stoneham, MA	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	6400-SWY-0017-0017-01750	Scottsdale, AZ	8.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	1855-TNNAS55	Nashville, TN	8.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Public Services Utilities Maintenance	Winchester, VA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Azusa - Reichhold	Azusa, CA	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Grand Junction Endoscopy Center	Grand Junction, CO	27 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Zigler's Machine & Metal Works, LLC	Dixon, IL	27 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: 2022, 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.