Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Iowa

LeMar-Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~78 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

LeMar-Des Moines runs at 188% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

LeMar-Des Moines: 6.2 TCR = 188% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

LeMar-Des Moines safety composite

LeMar-Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.19 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
F 5.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 18% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

LeMar-Des Moines: 3.3 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 7.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.83× in 2021

LeMar-Des Moines's TCR rose 4.5 from 3.3 in 2018 to 7.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.83× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 188% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #14/24
  • PHOTO Rohn Products LLC
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~78 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Rohn Products LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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LeMar-Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows LeMar-Des Moines averages 6.2 TCR (188% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

LeMar-Des Moines TCR series: 2018=3.3 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where LeMar-Des Moines falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 24 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Iowa.

LeMar-Des Moines (78 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate LeMar-Des Moines
LeMar-Des Moines (78 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

LeMar-Des Moines has more employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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 5.1 6 0 0
2020 7.6 7.6 3 2 0
2018 3.3 2.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · IA · Des Moines

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing 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 Rohn Products LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Frazier Industrial Company Waterloo NY 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Barker Steel - Canaan, New Hampshire 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR TCI 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Marshalltown Oper Facility 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE LEM Marshalltown 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE office 78 FTE
STATE-SIZE MODERN BUILDERS INC 78 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 Deckerville Hospital 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR California Pacific Medical Center (274-CC-VNC) 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Jones-Harrison Residence 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Patson Inc. - Elmhurst 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Kgct Superior Courthouse 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Britton Truss 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE 4051 Wrightwood/Warehouse/Ricardo,Marek,Jakub 78 FTE
NAT-SIZE Good Plumbing, Heating, A/C, Inc. 78 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: 2021, 2020, 2018. 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.