General medical and surgical hospitals · Iowa
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines, IA · ~3,456 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 6.8
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Iowa Methodist Hospital runs at 91% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical General medical and surgical hospitals workplace, earning a grade C.
Iowa Methodist Hospital: 6.8 TCR = 91% of General medical and surgical hospitals BLS 7.5 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Iowa Methodist Hospital safety composite
Iowa Methodist Hospital scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 9%), 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).
27/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 6.81 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 5.7 per 100 workers
Safer than 9% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Iowa Methodist Hospital: 5.6 → 7.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.84× in 2021
Iowa Methodist Hospital's TCR rose 2.0 from 5.6 in 2016 to 7.7 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.9 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE
Grade C · TCR 6.8 · 91% of ind
- DART 5.7 DART
- RANK #134/160
- PHOTO AdventHealth Celebra…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 826 inj
- SIZE ~3,456 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: AdventHealth Celebration (0.0 TCR gap)
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Iowa Methodist Hospital in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Iowa Methodist Hospital
6.8 TCR
- AdventHealth C
AdventHealth Celebration
6.8 TCR
- 741 ABRAZO CEN
741 ABRAZO CENTRAL CAMPUS
6.8 TCR
- Catawba Valley
Catawba Valley Medical Center
6.8 TCR
- Sparta Communi
Sparta Community Hospital
6.8 TCR
What this shows Iowa Methodist Hospital averages 6.8 TCR (91% of the General medical and surgical hospitals BLS benchmark).
Iowa Methodist Hospital TCR series: 2016=5.6 · 2017=6.5 · 2018=4.7 · 2019=5.5 · 2020=10.9 · 2021=7.7 · BLS 7.5
Where Iowa Methodist Hospital falls in its industry
6,862 General medical and surgical h establishmentsSafer than 28% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #134 safest of 160 General medical and surgical h employers in Iowa.
Iowa Methodist Hospital has more employees than the General medical and surgical hospitals median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 114 | 80 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 141 | 135 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 148 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 123 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 162 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 138 | 2 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · IA · Des Moines
6,862 General medical and surgical hospitals 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 | AdventHealth Celebration | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 741 ABRAZO CENTRAL CAMPUS | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Catawba Valley Medical Center | 6.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sparta Community Hospital | 6.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | CRST EXPEDITED INC | 3,475 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines Methodist Hospital | 3,495 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | MercyOne Des Moines | 3,547 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 2643-14030001-140301 | 3,252 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Corporate Center | 6,292 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines | 4,884 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Des Moines Medical Center Hospital-MHS-IA/NE | 2,985 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | TMC Transportation - Corporate | 2,208 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-VNG) | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bowling Green | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Nefab | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Denver Cold Storage, Inc. | 6.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Amazon.com Services LLC - HOU2 | 3,455 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dow Chemical - Great Lakes Bay Region Corporate Facilities | 3,454 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Baker Concrete Constructors LLC | 3,453 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Smithfield Foods | 3,459 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.