Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines
Des Moines, IA · ~94 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 2.5
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines runs at 115% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade C.
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines: 2.5 TCR = 115% of Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines safety composite
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 62% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
57/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 2.52 per 100 workers
Safer than 62% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.11 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines: 1.0 → 3.3 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2024
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines's TCR rose 2.3 from 1.0 in 2022 to 3.3 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423720 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 2.5 · 115% of ind
- DART 1.1 DART
- RANK #4/13
- PHOTO 111 E Buckeye Rd Ste 5
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 7 inj
- SIZE ~94 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: 111 E Buckeye Rd Ste 5 (0.0 TCR gap)
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Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines
2.5 TCR
- 111 E Buckeye
111 E Buckeye Rd Ste 5
2.5 TCR
- MG - Midland
MG - Midland
2.5 TCR
- Hajoca Corpora
Hajoca Corporation - 719
2.5 TCR
- Temperature Eq
Temperature Equipment Corporation
2.5 TCR
What this shows Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines averages 2.5 TCR (115% of the Plumbing and heating valves merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines TCR series: 2022=1 · 2023=3.2 · 2024=3.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines falls in its industry
853 Plumbing and heating valves me establishmentsSafer than 62% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 13 Plumbing and heating valves me employers in Iowa.
Plumb Supply Company - Des Moines has more employees than the Plumbing and heating valves merchant who median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
423720 · IA · Des Moines
853 Plumbing and heating valves 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 | 111 E Buckeye Rd Ste 5 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | MG - Midland | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Hajoca Corporation - 719 | 2.5 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Temperature Equipment Corporation | 2.5 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Corteva Agriscience, Toledo SPSC | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Henkel General Construction, LLC | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | General Mills (Avon) | 94 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Wildhawk Investments LLC | 94 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 | JRayl Transport | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lakeland Bus Lines Inc | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Rocket Insulation | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | ORC Industries, Inc.-La Crosse | 2.5 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Blackburn Construction, Inc. | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Scott Laboratories | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LGAWOODSIDENY | 94 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Yamaha Marine Precision Propellers Inc | 94 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.