Employer · Iowa

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~109 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.7
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines runs at 295% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade F.

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines: 7.7 TCR = 295% of industry BLS 2.6 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines safety composite

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), 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

31/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.65 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 2% 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

−5.9

2016→2022

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines injury rate improved

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines's TCR fell 5.9 from 9.4 in 2016 to 3.5 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2018 at 25.0 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.35× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.4 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=25.0 · 2019=9.0 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0.0 · 2022=3.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.7 · 295% of ind

  • DART 2.6 DART
  • RANK #15/24
  • PHOTO S04549 - WM of IL - …
  • BOOK 7y book
  • INJ 41 inj
  • SIZE ~109 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: S04549 - WM of IL - Springfield (0.0 TCR gap)

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S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines averages 7.7 TCR (295% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines TCR series: 2016=9.4 · 2017=3.1 · 2018=25 · 2019=9 · 2020=3.7 · 2021=0 · 2022=3.5 · BLS 2.6

Where S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines falls in its industry

2,322 industry establishments

Safer than 27% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

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 24 industry employers in Iowa.

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines (109 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 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 S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines
S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines (109 employees, TCR 7.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

S03999 - WM of Central IA - Des Moines has more employees than the industry median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. 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
2022 3.5 2.6 4 0 0
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 3.7 2.8 4 0 0
2019 9.0 7.2 10 0 0
2018 25.0 0.0 9 20 0
2017 3.1 1.5 4 0 1
2016 9.4 7.5 10 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IA · Des Moines

2,322 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 S04549 - WM of IL - Springfield 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Millennium Waste Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling of CT, LLC - Danbury 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Recycling Express, Inc 7.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2515-Grinnell, IA 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michael Foods 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Engineering-Council Bluffs 109 FTE
STATE-SIZE Absolute Group - Concrete Division 109 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 Stoner Industrial Services Main Branch 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Beverlin Manufacturing 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Super Stop & Shop 0737 7.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Highland Park Market of Glastonbury, Inc. 7.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE S03046 - WM Wilmington 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE National Presto Industries, Inc. 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Blue Diamond Disposal Inc 109 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tmi Acquisition L.L.C 109 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: 2022, 2021, 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.