Business associations · Iowa

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

West Des Moines, IA · ~60 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
2.1
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Business associations workplace, earning a grade C.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation: 1.8 TCR = 85% of Business associations BLS 2.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation safety composite

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 43%), 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

56/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.76 per 100 workers

Safer than 43% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation held a steady TCR band

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's TCR held near 0.1 from 1.8 in 2016 to 1.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.98× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.8 · 2017=1.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 813910 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 1.8 · 85% of ind

  • DART 1.8 DART
  • RANK P70
  • PHOTO SEMA Diamond Bar
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SEMA Diamond Bar (0.1 TCR gap)

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Iowa Farm Bureau Federation in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa Farm Bureau Federation averages 1.8 TCR (85% of the Business associations BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation TCR series: 2016=1.8 · 2017=1.8 · BLS 2.1

Where Iowa Farm Bureau Federation falls in its industry

50 Business associations establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (60 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (60 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has more employees than the Business associations median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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
2017 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2016 1.8 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

813910 · IA · West Des Moines

50 Business associations 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 Metric
NAICS-TCR SEMA Diamond Bar 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Meijer 109 1.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR AEU 1.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR HEMET MANUFACTURING CO., DBA GENESIS CONSTRUCTION 1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE MAIN OFFICE 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Total Maintenance, Inc. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan's Overhead Doors & More 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Inc 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wright Tree Service, Inc 4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters 1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR 0403 - Brooklyn-Hamilton, NY 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Federal Mogul Motorparts - Boaz 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Little Rock Operations Center AK6H 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #3132 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vienna Nursing and Rehab LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Dexter Inc 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Charleston LLC 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Main Office 60 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: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.