Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers · Iowa

state steel DM

Des Moines, IA · ~24 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.1
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

state steel DM runs at 325% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade F.

state steel DM: 7.1 TCR = 325% of Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

state steel DM safety composite

state steel DM scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), 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

23/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 19% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.75 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−6.8

2016→2021

state steel DM injury rate improved

state steel DM's TCR fell 6.8 from 15.5 in 2016 to 8.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 15.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 1.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=15.5 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=0.0 · 2020=4.0 · 2021=8.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423510 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.1 · 325% of ind

  • DART 8.8 DART
  • RANK #14/18
  • PHOTO Aladdin Steel, LLC
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Aladdin Steel, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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state steel DM in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows state steel DM averages 7.1 TCR (325% of the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

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

state steel DM TCR series: 2016=15.5 · 2017=0 · 2018=14.6 · 2019=0 · 2020=4 · 2021=8.8 · BLS 2.2

Where state steel DM falls in its industry

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), establishments

Safer than 19% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.7.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 18 Rods, metal (except precious), employers in Iowa.

state steel DM (24 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate state steel DM
state steel DM (24 employees, TCR 7.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.7

state steel DM has fewer employees than the Rods, metal (except precious), merchant median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.7. 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
2021 8.8 8.8 2 0 0
2020 4.0 0.0 1 0 0
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 14.6 7.3 4 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 15.5 0.0 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423510 · IA · Des Moines

1,299 Rods, metal (except precious), 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 Aladdin Steel, LLC 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR O'Neal Steel Incorporated_Mobile 7.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arkansas Steel Processing 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ryerson - Lancaster 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 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 JX Truck Center Champaign 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR CHACL - Fairfield Inn & Suites Cleveland 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR I.S.A. Corporation 7.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Warm Springs Medical Center 7.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Harris Rebar - Jackson Mississippi 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE RCT Modesto 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE Div 70 Montana 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE 61003 Capstone Us Foods Seabrook 24 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: 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.