Employer · Iowa

R+L Carriers - DSM

Des Moines, IA · ~43 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.2
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

R+L Carriers - DSM runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical industry workplace, earning a grade C.

R+L Carriers - DSM: 4.2 TCR = 93% of industry BLS 4.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

R+L Carriers - DSM safety composite

R+L Carriers - DSM scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.72 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% 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

−3.3

2016→2024

R+L Carriers - DSM injury rate improved

R+L Carriers - DSM's TCR fell 3.3 from 5.0 in 2016 to 1.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 9.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.0 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=5.0 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=1.7

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484122 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 4.2 · 93% of ind

  • DART 1.7 DART
  • RANK #12/50
  • PHOTO TRI-CITIES TRI
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 18 inj
  • SIZE ~43 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: TRI-CITIES TRI (0.0 TCR gap)

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R+L Carriers - DSM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows R+L Carriers - DSM averages 4.2 TCR (93% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

R+L Carriers - DSM TCR series: 2016=5 · 2017=2.5 · 2018=5 · 2019=2.4 · 2020=8.4 · 2021=3.6 · 2022=0 · 2023=9.2 · 2024=1.7 · BLS 4.5

Where R+L Carriers - DSM falls in its industry

3,020 industry establishments

Safer than 70% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 50 industry employers in Iowa.

R+L Carriers - DSM (43 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate R+L Carriers - DSM
R+L Carriers - DSM (43 employees, TCR 4.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 58 employees and a TCR of 5.6

R+L Carriers - DSM has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.6. 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 Fatalities
2024 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2023 9.2 9.2 5 0 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.6 3.6 2 0 0
2020 8.4 6.3 4 0 0
2019 2.4 0.0 1 0 0
2018 5.0 2.5 2 0 0
2017 2.5 2.5 1 0 0
2016 5.0 5.0 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484122 · IA · Des Moines

3,020 industry 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 TRI-CITIES TRI 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR 246 FORT WAYNE 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR R+L Carriers - NOR 4.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Roanoke 007 4.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Centrum Valley Farms North 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Burlington 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Koester Construction Company Incorporated 43 FTE
STATE-SIZE Commercial Contracting Services 43 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 Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority - Administration & Wastewater Operations 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Golden Triangle Construction, LLC 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR FPL Food Main Plant 4.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Arnott Industries 4.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE R+L Carriers - CER 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cannon Boiler Works Inc 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Mesa Fully Formed, LLC - Glendale 43 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cleveland Steel Container Corporation - Peotone 43 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, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.