Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing · Iowa
Marel, Inc. - DSM
Des Moines, IA · ~90 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.6
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Marel, Inc. - DSM runs at 17% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.
Marel, Inc. - DSM: 0.6 TCR = 17% of Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Marel, Inc. - DSM safety composite
Marel, Inc. - DSM scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 97% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 47%), 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).
68/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 97% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 1.15 per 100 workers
Safer than 47% 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
Marel, Inc. - DSM: 0.0 → 1.1 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 1.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2.02× in 2024
Marel, Inc. - DSM's TCR rose 1.1 from 0.0 in 2021 to 1.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333241 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 17% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #2/15
- PHOTO Evergreen Packaging
- BOOK 4y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~90 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Evergreen Packaging (0.0 TCR gap)
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Marel, Inc. - DSM in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Marel, Inc. - DSM
0.6 TCR
- Evergreen Pack
Evergreen Packaging
0.6 TCR
- Food Automatio
Food Automation --- Service Techniques
0.6 TCR
- Gemini Bakery
Gemini Bakery Equipment Company
0.5 TCR
- JBT Sandusky
JBT Sandusky
0.5 TCR
What this shows Marel, Inc. - DSM averages 0.6 TCR (17% of the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Marel, Inc. - DSM TCR series: 2021=0 · 2022=1.1 · 2023=0 · 2024=1.1 · BLS 3.3
Where Marel, Inc. - DSM falls in its industry
215 Food choppers, grinders, mixer establishmentsSafer than 97% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 15 Food choppers, grinders, mixer employers in Iowa.
Marel, Inc. - DSM has more employees than the Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and sli median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333241 · IA · Des Moines
215 Food choppers, grinders, mixers, and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing-type) 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 | Evergreen Packaging | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Food Automation --- Service Techniques | 0.6 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Gemini Bakery Equipment Company | 0.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | JBT Sandusky | 0.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Cactus Family Farms | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines Urbandale South | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wyckoff Heating & Cooling | 90 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Graettinger | 90 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 | Rolls-Royce: LiftFan/LiftWorks | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Viking Masek Packaging Technologies, LLC | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Spencer Ogden Inc | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Facility 8 | 0.6 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | North America : Sulphur Springs | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Bushel Boy - Owatonna | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Phoenix D10 City Clerk | 90 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ROR Delivery Inc | 90 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.