Support Activities for Air Transportation · Iowa

SFS Des Moines-247DSM

Des Moines, IA · ~26 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.9
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

SFS Des Moines-247DSM runs at 65% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Support Activities for Air Transportation workplace, earning a grade B.

SFS Des Moines-247DSM: 2.9 TCR = 65% of Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS 4.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

SFS Des Moines-247DSM safety composite

SFS Des Moines-247DSM scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 53% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 20%), 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).

D

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 53% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% 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%).

SFS Des Moines-247DSM held a steady TCR band

SFS Des Moines-247DSM's TCR held near 0.0 from 4.4 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.51× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.4 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 488190 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade B · TCR 2.9 · 65% of ind

  • DART 4.4 DART
  • RANK #3/8
  • PHOTO KORD, 166th Aviation…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~26 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KORD, 166th Aviation Brigade (0.0 TCR gap)

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SFS Des Moines-247DSM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows SFS Des Moines-247DSM averages 2.9 TCR (65% of the Support Activities for Air Transportation BLS benchmark).

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

SFS Des Moines-247DSM TCR series: 2016=4.4 · 2019=0 · 2020=4.4 · BLS 4.5

Where SFS Des Moines-247DSM falls in its industry

992 Support Activities for Air Tra establishments

Safer than 53% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 8 Support Activities for Air Tra employers in Iowa.

SFS Des Moines-247DSM (26 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate SFS Des Moines-247DSM
SFS Des Moines-247DSM (26 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 67 employees and a TCR of 3.2

SFS Des Moines-247DSM has fewer employees than the Support Activities for Air Transportatio median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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 4.4 4.4 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 4.4 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

488190 · IA · Des Moines

992 Support Activities for Air Transportation 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 KORD, 166th Aviation Brigade 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Kalitta Turbines 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Signature Flight Support Trenton 2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lockheed Martin Corporation Eglin AFB FL-1107 Luton Dr (3715/3742) 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Eastwood Sow Unit 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE 4806-Urbandale, IA 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE DBQ Downtown Office 26 FTE
STATE-SIZE Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative 26 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 Signature Flight Support Trenton 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Immunotek BioCenters, LLC - Greenacres, FL 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Homestead Hospice 2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR City of Anaheim, Anaheim West Tower 2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE SFS Milwaukee-250MKE 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE SFS Saint Paul-238STP 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE SFS Houston, TX-072HOU 26 FTE
NAT-SIZE SFS Newark-007EWR 26 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, 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.