Technology · Iowa

Katecho, Inc.

Name: Katecho, Inc. Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~396 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Katecho, Inc. runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Technology workplace, earning a grade C.

Katecho, Inc.: 2.8 TCR = 85% of Technology BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Katecho, Inc. safety composite

Katecho, Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 11%), 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).

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 2.79 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers
DART rate: F 3.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% 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

Katecho, Inc.: 2.3 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 1.08× in 2019

Katecho, Inc.'s TCR rose 0.9 from 2.3 in 2018 to 3.3 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339112 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.8 · 85% of ind

DART 3.0 DART
RANK #3/5
PHOTO NH01-SEABK-SEABROOK …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 18 inj
SIZE ~396 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NH01-SEABK-SEABROOK - NEW HAMPSHIRE (0.0 TCR gap)

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Austin St. Elm

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NN Life Scienc

2.8
2284-140

2.8

What this shows Katecho, Inc. averages 2.8 TCR (85% of the Technology BLS benchmark).

Katecho, Inc. TCR series: 2018=2.3 · 2019=3.3 · BLS 3.3

Where Katecho, Inc. falls in its industry

741 Technology establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 5 Technology employers in Iowa.

Katecho, Inc. (396 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 174 employees and a TCR of 1.5

Katecho, Inc. has more employees than the Technology median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. 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
2019	3.3	3.0	10	4	0
2018	2.3	2.3	8	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339112 · IA · Des Moines

741 Technology 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	NH01-SEABK-SEABROOK - NEW HAMPSHIRE	SEABROOK, NH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Austin St. Elmo	AUSTIN, TX	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	NN Life Sciences Design & Development	MANSFIELD, MA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	2284-140	HOUSTON, TX	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Stellar Industries Inc. Garner Plant	GARNER	395 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 2827	CORALVILLE	397 FTE
STATE-SIZE	South Ice Cream Freezer	LE MARS	397 FTE
STATE-SIZE	City Hall	CEDAR FALLS	397 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	CS Wholesale Grocers : Bethlehem IV, PA (GDC)	Bethlehem, PA	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Clearview LLC	Union, MO	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	JD Contractors, LLC	Asheboro, NC	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Kauffman Shop	Canton, OH	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	City of O'Fallon, Illinois	O'Fallon, IL	396 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4818-48180056-1002 S. Callaghan Rd-Wc	San Antonio, TX	396 FTE
NAT-SIZE	CSC Bluefield	Bluefield, WV	396 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Monogram Foods	Bristol, IN	396 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: 2019, 2018. 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.