Erecting structural steel · Iowa

Northwest Steel Erection

Des Moines, IA · ~175 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Northwest Steel Erection runs at 73% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Erecting structural steel workplace, earning a grade B.

Northwest Steel Erection: 2.0 TCR = 73% of Erecting structural steel BLS 2.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Northwest Steel Erection safety composite

Northwest Steel Erection scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 48%), 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).

C

60/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.05 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.73 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% 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

−1.2

2020→2024

Northwest Steel Erection injury rate improved

Northwest Steel Erection's TCR fell 1.2 from 2.9 in 2020 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 2.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.84× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=2.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238120 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.0 · 73% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #5/13
  • PHOTO NorMinn
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~175 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: NorMinn (0.0 TCR gap)

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Northwest Steel Erection in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Northwest Steel Erection averages 2.0 TCR (73% of the Erecting structural steel BLS benchmark).

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

Northwest Steel Erection TCR series: 2020=2.9 · 2022=1.8 · 2023=1.8 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 2.8

Where Northwest Steel Erection falls in its industry

705 Erecting structural steel establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 13 Erecting structural steel employers in Iowa.

Northwest Steel Erection (175 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9 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 050100150200250 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate Northwest Steel Erection
Northwest Steel Erection (175 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 3.9

Northwest Steel Erection has more employees than the Erecting structural steel median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.9. 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 1.7 1.7 3 0 0
2023 1.8 1.2 3 0 0
2022 1.8 0.9 4 0 0
2020 2.9 2.2 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238120 · IA · Des Moines

705 Erecting structural steel 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 NorMinn 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR DAMCON, LP Corporate office 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Perry & Perry Builders Inc. 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR MBARC Construction 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Twin City Drive 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE W-S Industrial Services, Inc 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Loparex, Iowa City 175 FTE
STATE-SIZE Helena Industries LLC - Des Moines 175 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 Aoc, LLC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR TMG Performance Products 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Catalent Greenville NC 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Buffalo Kensington-Ny36 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE StoragePRO Management, Inc. 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bishopville Plant 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Concordia Lutheran Ministries of Pittsburgh 175 FTE
NAT-SIZE Store 1789 175 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, 2022, 2020. 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.