Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers · Iowa

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant

Des Moines, IA · ~42 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant runs at 382% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant: 8.4 TCR = 382% of Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant safety composite

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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).

D

47/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% 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%).

TCR Δ

−16.8

2017→2019

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant injury rate improved

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant's TCR fell 16.8 from 16.8 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 16.8 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=16.8 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423930 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 382% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/20
  • PHOTO PADNOS Leitelt, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~42 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: PADNOS Leitelt, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant averages 8.4 TCR (382% of the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant TCR series: 2017=16.8 · 2019=0 · BLS 2.2

Where MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant falls in its industry

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.0.

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 20 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesa employers in Iowa.

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant (42 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0 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 020406080100 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant
MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant (42 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 4.0

MidAmerica Recycling Des Moines Plant has more employees than the Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.0. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 16.8 16.8 7 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423930 · IA · Des Moines

1,126 Paper, scrap, merchant wholesalers 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 PADNOS Leitelt, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Battery Solutions LLC - Wixom MI 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Borg Compressed Steel Corp. 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Northern Metal Recycling St Paul 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley West 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE ICF Goldfield 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6728-00030023-33 42 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc - Dysart SPSC 42 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 Courtyard Chicago 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 6400-Swy 0017 2615 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR PowerCore, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Amzl : Dpp1 8.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Sharp Energy - Georgetown 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Haven in the Summit 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ameriflight-Phoenix 42 FTE
NAT-SIZE Joel Kennedy Constructing Corp. 42 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, 2017. 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.