Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent · Iowa

Iowa State Fair Grandstand

Name: Iowa State Fair Grandstand Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~863 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 0.1
Avg TCR: 3.1
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Iowa State Fair Grandstand runs at 5% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent workplace, earning a grade A.

Iowa State Fair Grandstand: 0.1 TCR = 5% of Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent BLS 3.1 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Iowa State Fair Grandstand safety composite

Iowa State Fair Grandstand scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 64% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 39%), 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).

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 0.15 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers
DART rate: C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% 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 State Fair Grandstand held a steady TCR band

Iowa State Fair Grandstand's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.3 in 2023 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.3 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.3 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 711510 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.1 · 5% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK P39
PHOTO Civic Center Music H…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~863 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Civic Center Music Hall (0.0 TCR gap)

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0.1
Civic Center M

0.1
ATLANTA OPERA

0.1
DISCOVERY PARK

0.1
GRAND SIERRA R

0.1

What this shows Iowa State Fair Grandstand averages 0.1 TCR (5% of the Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent BLS benchmark).

Iowa State Fair Grandstand TCR series: 2023=0.3 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.1

Where Iowa State Fair Grandstand falls in its industry

80 Stage set (e.g., concert, moti establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 0.1.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Iowa State Fair Grandstand (863 employees, TCR 0.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 861 employees and a TCR of 0.1

Iowa State Fair Grandstand has more employees than the Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 0.1. 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
2024	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2023	0.3	0.3	2	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

711510 · IA · Des Moines

80 Stage set (e.g., concert, motion picture, television) erecting and dismantling, independent 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Civic Center Music Hall	OKLAHOMA CITY, OK	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ATLANTA OPERA WAREHOUSE	AUSTELL, GA	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	DISCOVERY PARK	SACRAMENTO, CA	0.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	GRAND SIERRA RESORT THEATER	RENO, NV	0.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Newton Correctional Facility	NEWTON	863 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Forest City	FOREST CITY	866 FTE
STATE-SIZE	PDI	ANKENY	859 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Cobham Mission Systems Davenport LSS INC	DAVENPORT	870 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Corporate	Fargo, ND	0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Power One, LLC	Anaheim, CA	0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sisu Energy LLC	Fort Worth, TX	0.1 TCR
NAT-TCR	31041 - Goodyear - Beaumont	Beaumont, TX	0.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Surry Pwr Sta	Surry, VA	863 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Avancez, LLC	Arlington, TX	863 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN8	Aurora, CO	863 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corbins - Phoenix, Az	Phoenix, AZ	863 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: 2024, 2023. 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.