Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers · Iowa
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA
Des Moines, IA · ~50 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.1
- Avg TCR
- 2.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA runs at 185% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA: 4.1 TCR = 185% of Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA safety composite
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 18%), 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).
33/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 4.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 4.33 per 100 workers
Safer than 18% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA: 1.8 → 4.3 TCR
Peak year 2021 @ 7.0 TCR · DART/TCR 1.06× in 2024
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA's TCR rose 2.5 from 1.8 in 2019 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 7.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.06× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 423810 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.1 · 185% of ind
- DART 4.3 DART
- RANK #5/7
- PHOTO Berry Companies - Ga…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 12 inj
- SIZE ~50 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Berry Companies - Garden City (0.0 TCR gap)
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Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA
4.1 TCR
- Berry Companie
Berry Companies - Garden City
4.1 TCR
- BEI Lexington
BEI Lexington Branch
4.1 TCR
- BR 04 RECO Mon
BR 04 RECO Monroe
4.1 TCR
- SB Manufacturi
SB Manufacturing, Inc.
4.1 TCR
What this shows Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA averages 4.1 TCR (185% of the Construction machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA TCR series: 2019=1.8 · 2020=3.2 · 2021=7 · 2022=4 · 2023=4 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 2.2
Where Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA falls in its industry
533 Construction machinery and equ establishmentsSafer than 36% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #5 safest of 7 Construction machinery and equ employers in Iowa.
Star Equipment Ltd - Des Moines IA has more employees than the Construction machinery and equipment mer median and a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7.0 | 4.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Berry Companies - Garden City | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BEI Lexington Branch | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | BR 04 RECO Monroe | 4.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SB Manufacturing, Inc. | 4.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Sioux Jerseys, LLP | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | SEABOARD FOODS LP IOWA ADMIN | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Brenneman Pork, LLLP | 50 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northeast Iowa Artificial Insemination Inc. | 50 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 | SaarGummi TN., Inc. | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Avantara Lake Norden | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Krippner Inc. | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Harris Tire - Alabama - Troy | 4.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Simcote, Inc. - OH | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Owen Mumford USA Inc. | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cardinal Tissue C1 | 50 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Darboy | 50 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.