ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair · Iowa

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines

Urbandale, IA · ~82 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.7
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines runs at 95% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair workplace, earning a grade C.

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines: 2.7 TCR = 95% of ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines safety composite

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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

−2.0

2016→2024

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines injury rate improved

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines's TCR fell 2.0 from 2.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=2.0 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3.0 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238290 · Urbandale, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 2.7 · 95% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/30
  • PHOTO Bonded Lightning Pro…
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 14 inj
  • SIZE ~82 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Bonded Lightning Protection Systems, Ltd. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines averages 2.7 TCR (95% of the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair BLS benchmark).

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

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines TCR series: 2016=2 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=1.4 · 2019=6.6 · 2020=3 · 2022=5.2 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 2.8

Where Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines falls in its industry

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation establishments

Safer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.0.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 30 ElevatorEscalator-Installation employers in Iowa.

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines (82 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0 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 05001,0001,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines
Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines (82 employees, TCR 2.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 52 employees and a TCR of 2.0

Otis Elevator Company-Des Moines has more employees than the ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Moderniza median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.0. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2022 5.2 3.9 4 0 0
2020 3.0 1.5 2 0 0
2019 6.6 6.6 4 0 0
2018 1.4 1.4 1 0 0
2017 3.1 3.1 2 0 0
2016 2.0 2.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238290 · IA · Urbandale

1,138 ElevatorEscalator-Installation,Modernization,Maintenance,Service,and Repair employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 104 employers in Urbandale, 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 Bonded Lightning Protection Systems, Ltd. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Southwestern Industrial Contractors and Riggers, Inc 2.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kiner Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Byram MS 2.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eagle Grove 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience Algona ALG1 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Head Office 82 FTE
STATE-SIZE InRoads LLC. 82 FTE
CITY-NEAR ISG Urbandale 786 FTE
CITY-NEAR Quality Manufacturing Corporation 612 FTE
CITY-NEAR Mosaic Urbandale/Nevada 363 FTE
CITY-NEAR URBANDALE IA 352 FTE
NAT-TCR Cucamonga Traffic Center 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Lyons Magnus East 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR McGill Restoration, Inc. 2.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Oliver Sprinkler Co Inc 2.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Eastern Tennessee 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gallaher & Associates, Inc. 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bremerton Ambulance 82 FTE
NAT-SIZE SEA 82 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.