Personnel offices, government · Iowa

Polk County Admin Bldg

Name: Polk County Admin Bldg Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~315 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.6
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Polk County Admin Bldg runs at 49% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Personnel offices, government workplace, earning a grade A.

Polk County Admin Bldg: 1.6 TCR = 49% of Personnel offices, government BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Polk County Admin Bldg safety composite

Polk County Admin Bldg scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): B 1.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers
DART rate: C 1.02 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

Polk County Admin Bldg held a steady TCR band

Polk County Admin Bldg's TCR held near 0.3 from 1.3 in 2018 to 1.5 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2019 at 2.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.65× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=1.3 · 2019=2.0 · 2020=1.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 921190 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.6 · 49% of ind

DART 1.0 DART
RANK #9/34
PHOTO 1831 W. Jefferson
BOOK 3y book
INJ 9 inj
SIZE ~315 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 1831 W. Jefferson (0.0 TCR gap)

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1.6
City of Phoeni

1.6

What this shows Polk County Admin Bldg averages 1.6 TCR (49% of the Personnel offices, government BLS benchmark).

Polk County Admin Bldg TCR series: 2018=1.3 · 2019=2 · 2020=1.5 · BLS 3.2

Where Polk County Admin Bldg falls in its industry

1,496 Personnel offices, government establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 34 Personnel offices, government employers in Iowa.

Polk County Admin Bldg (315 employees, TCR 1.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 93 employees and a TCR of 4.6

Polk County Admin Bldg has more employees than the Personnel offices, government median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. 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
2020	1.5	1.0	2	1
2019	2.0	0.5	4	0
2018	1.3	0.4	3	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

921190 · IA · Des Moines

1,496 Personnel offices, government 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	1831 W. Jefferson	PHX, AZ	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Oldham County Fiscal Court	LAGRANGE, KY	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City Hall	SNOHOMISH, WA	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	City of Phoenix G70 HumanRes	PHOENIX, AZ	1.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Plumrose USA, Inc. CB1	COUNCIL BLUFFS	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Sabre Industries Utilities Division	SIOUX CITY	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO	INDEPENDENCE	315 FTE
STATE-SIZE	WM 5748	GRIMES	315 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Sauk Rapids Journey Home	Sauk Rapids, MN	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	American Girl Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 35	Stockton, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ross store 567	Turlock, CA	1.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Meijer DC-805	Tipp City, OH	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Metro Action Commission	Nashville, TN	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	National Office Furniture	Jasper, IN	315 FTE
NAT-SIZE	4765-LS2PW9668	Las Vegas, NV	315 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: 2020, 2019, 2018. 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.