Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Iowa

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines)

Name: Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

D
Poor Safety Record: 2.8
Avg TCR: 2.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) runs at 127% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines): 2.8 TCR = 127% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) safety composite

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 27%), 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).

44/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 2.8 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% of industry peers
DART rate: F 2.9 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%).

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) held a steady TCR band

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines)'s TCR held near 0.2 from 2.7 in 2019 to 2.9 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.04× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=2.7 · 2020=2.9

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423810 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.8 · 127% of ind

DART 2.9 DART
RANK #4/7
PHOTO 02000-02-02-EUGENE
BOOK 2y book
INJ 1 inj
SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 02000-02-02-EUGENE (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) averages 2.8 TCR (127% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) TCR series: 2019=2.7 · 2020=2.9 · BLS 2.2

Where Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) falls in its industry

533 Construction machinery and equ establishments

Safer than 54% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.

Grade D

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 7 Construction machinery and equ employers in Iowa.

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) (35 employees, TCR 2.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 39 employees and a TCR of 3.0

Road Machinery and Supplies (Des Moines) has fewer employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. 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
2020	2.9	2.9	0	1	0
2019	2.7	2.7	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423810 · IA · Des Moines

533 Construction machinery and equipment 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	02000-02-02-EUGENE	EUGENE, OR	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	10 Milford Parts	MILFORD, MA	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Growth Opportunities Complete Hydraulic	BOLIVAR, OH	2.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Columbus Equipment Company-Corporate/Columbus Branch	COLUMBUS, OH	2.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE	IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY'	OSCEOLA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2	ALGONA	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids	CEDAR RAPIDS	35 FTE
STATE-SIZE	On Track Construction, LLC	NEVADA	35 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	Construction	Deerfield Beach, FL	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Etheredge Electric Company LLC of Tyler	Tyler, TX	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Master Craft Builders, Inc.	Booneville, MS	2.8 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gen-Tech Az	Glendale, AZ	2.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Technologies LLC Grand Rapids MI	Grand Rapids, MI	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Corporate Technologies LLC	Fargo, ND	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Greater Albany Public School District Office	Albany, OR	35 FTE
NAT-SIZE	RIL - Residence Inn Landfall	Wilmington, NC	35 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. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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