Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Retail Acquisition and Development

Urbandale, IA · ~134 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Retail Acquisition and Development runs at 282% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

Retail Acquisition and Development: 6.2 TCR = 282% of Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Retail Acquisition and Development safety composite

Retail Acquisition and Development scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 11%), 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).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 6.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 11% of industry peers

DART rate
F 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% 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%).

TCR Δ

−6.0

2016→2020

Retail Acquisition and Development injury rate improved

Retail Acquisition and Development's TCR fell 6.0 from 8.8 in 2016 to 2.9 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2016 at 8.8 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.8 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Urbandale, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.2 · 282% of ind

  • DART 2.9 DART
  • RANK #15/18
  • PHOTO 6340-WORLD-FL014
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~134 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6340-WORLD-FL014 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Retail Acquisition and Development in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Retail Acquisition and Development averages 6.2 TCR (282% of the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

Retail Acquisition and Development TCR series: 2016=8.8 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=7.8 · 2019=5.8 · 2020=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Retail Acquisition and Development falls in its industry

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer establishments

Safer than 11% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #15 safest of 18 Alarm apparatus, electric, mer employers in Iowa.

Retail Acquisition and Development (134 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 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 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Retail Acquisition and Development
Retail Acquisition and Development (134 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Retail Acquisition and Development has more employees than the Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant whol median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. 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
2020 2.9 2.9 3 0 0
2019 5.8 4.9 7 0 0
2018 7.8 7.8 10 0 0
2017 5.8 5.8 8 0 0
2016 8.8 7.5 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · IA · Urbandale

1,190 Alarm apparatus, electric, merchant wholesalers 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 6340-WORLD-FL014 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Marshfield 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Feldman Brothers Electrical Supply Co, Inc 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SESCO, Milwaukee 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience- Hedrick Production 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Graham Construction Company - Central Iowa 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Heartland Finishes, INC 134 FTE
STATE-SIZE Keokuk Steel Castings 134 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 North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : IND4 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SDF9 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Magnolia Place Healthcare LLP 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Reliable Property Services 722 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE MISOURRI 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lexington Health and Rehabiliation Center 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE DDSI Santa Fe Springs 134 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fulton Medical Center 134 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, 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.