underground utility locating · Iowa

Iowa (IA) 2501

Des Moines, IA · ~259 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Iowa (IA) 2501 runs at 180% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical underground utility locating workplace, earning a grade D.

Iowa (IA) 2501: 4.7 TCR = 180% of underground utility locating BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa (IA) 2501 safety composite

Iowa (IA) 2501 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 30%), 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).

D

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 4.69 per 100 workers

Safer than 30% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% 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

−0.5

2016→2017

Iowa (IA) 2501 injury rate improved

Iowa (IA) 2501's TCR fell 0.5 from 4.9 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.9 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.53× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.9 · 2017=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561990 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 4.7 · 180% of ind

  • DART 2.5 DART
  • RANK P30
  • PHOTO CHELC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~259 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: CHELC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Iowa (IA) 2501 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Iowa (IA) 2501 averages 4.7 TCR (180% of the underground utility locating BLS benchmark).

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

Iowa (IA) 2501 TCR series: 2016=4.9 · 2017=4.5 · BLS 2.6

Where Iowa (IA) 2501 falls in its industry

208 underground utility locating establishments

Safer than 30% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Iowa (IA) 2501 (259 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Iowa (IA) 2501
Iowa (IA) 2501 (259 employees, TCR 4.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.1

Iowa (IA) 2501 has more employees than the underground utility locating median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.1. 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
2017 4.5 2.5 9 0 0
2016 4.9 4.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561990 · IA · Des Moines

208 underground utility locating 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 CHELC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Keyhole Technologies LLC 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR New Columbia Yard 4.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nebraska (NE) 3701 4.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Johnston Campus - JH40 McClintock 259 FTE
STATE-SIZE Christian Retirement Services Inc. 259 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC / Altoona 260 FTE
STATE-SIZE Hormel Food 258 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 Virginia Beach (Vavir) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Raleigh (Ncral) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington (Mdlnd) 4.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Moen of Pennsylvania 4.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE 4017 Florida A&M 259 FTE
NAT-SIZE Insys Therapeutics, Inc. 259 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kiel, WI Plant 259 FTE
NAT-SIZE DFW - Airport United Airlines Offices 259 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.