Home health care agencies · Iowa
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch
West Des Moines, IA · ~216 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 10.2
- Avg TCR
- 5.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch runs at 197% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Home health care agencies workplace, earning a grade D.
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch: 10.2 TCR = 197% of Home health care agencies BLS 5.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch safety composite
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 6%), 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).
19/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 10.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 11% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 11.53 per 100 workers
Safer than 6% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch: 9.6 → 11.5 TCR
Peak year 2017 @ 11.8 TCR · DART/TCR 1.13× in 2020
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch's TCR rose 1.9 from 9.6 in 2016 to 11.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 11.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 1.13× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621610 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 10.2 · 197% of ind
- DART 11.5 DART
- RANK #33/39
- PHOTO Elysian Hospice LLC
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 48 inj
- SIZE ~216 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Elysian Hospice LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch
10.2 TCR
- Elysian Hospic
Elysian Hospice LLC
10.2 TCR
- PLF
PLF
10.2 TCR
- Mendota Height
Mendota Heights Branch Office
10.2 TCR
- Portsmouth Hos
Portsmouth Hospice
10.2 TCR
What this shows Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch averages 10.2 TCR (197% of the Home health care agencies BLS benchmark).
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch TCR series: 2016=9.6 · 2017=11.8 · 2019=8 · 2020=11.5 · BLS 5.2
Where Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch falls in its industry
3,635 Home health care agencies establishmentsSafer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #33 safest of 39 Home health care agencies employers in Iowa.
Iowa Home Care West Des Moines Branch has more employees than the Home health care agencies median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621610 · IA · West Des Moines
3,635 Home health care agencies 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 | Elysian Hospice LLC | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | PLF | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Mendota Heights Branch Office | 10.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Portsmouth Hospice | 10.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Palmer Candy Company Hwy 75 | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Clow Valve Company | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | IA001 - IA-Des Moines-Pilot Travel Center | 216 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics | 216 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 | Spokane WA Truss | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Food Source 705-Rio Linda | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Hardee's of Citronelle | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Santanna Banana Co Inc | 10.2 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | CA.TUSTI.5 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Meijer | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hayssen, Inc. | 216 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority | 216 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.