Laser surgery centers, freestanding · Iowa

Surgery Center of Des Moines East

Des Moines, IA · ~28 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Surgery Center of Des Moines East runs at 562% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Laser surgery centers, freestanding workplace, earning a grade F.

Surgery Center of Des Moines East: 21.4 TCR = 562% of Laser surgery centers, freestanding BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Surgery Center of Des Moines East safety composite

Surgery Center of Des Moines East scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 70% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 2% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 70% 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%).

TCR Δ

−46.4

2017→2019

Surgery Center of Des Moines East injury rate improved

Surgery Center of Des Moines East's TCR fell 46.4 from 46.4 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2017 at 46.4 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=46.4 · 2018=17.7 · 2019=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621493 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.4 · 562% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #6/6
  • PHOTO Surgery Center of Mi…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Surgery Center of Michigan (0.5 TCR gap)

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Surgery Center of Des Moines East in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Surgery Center of Des Moines East averages 21.4 TCR (562% of the Laser surgery centers, freestanding BLS benchmark).

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

Surgery Center of Des Moines East TCR series: 2017=46.4 · 2018=17.7 · 2019=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Surgery Center of Des Moines East falls in its industry

498 Laser surgery centers, freesta establishments

Safer than 2% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #6 safest of 6 Laser surgery centers, freesta employers in Iowa.

Surgery Center of Des Moines East (28 employees, TCR 21.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2 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 0200400600800 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Surgery Center of Des Moines East
Surgery Center of Des Moines East (28 employees, TCR 21.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 6.2

Surgery Center of Des Moines East has fewer employees than the Laser surgery centers, freestanding median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.2. 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
2019 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 17.7 0.0 3 0 0
2017 46.4 11.6 8 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621493 · IA · Des Moines

498 Laser surgery centers, freestanding 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 Surgery Center of Michigan 20.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Murrells Inlet ASC, LLC 20.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Riverside Surgery Center-Hampton-133 22.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cedar Park Surgery Center 22.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE IOWA ADMIN 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pocahontas Warehouse 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE WCT Crystal Lake 28 FTE
STATE-SIZE BHE - Council Bluff W Broadway (IA001) 28 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 Ambulance 21.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Hillsides Main Campus 21.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0730 Atlanta 21.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Bickford of West Lansing 21.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE US NJ Edison 5000 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tennova Healthcare - Dyersburg Regional 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Largo Medical - Indian Rocks (formerly Suncoast) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE CHRISTUS St. Mary Hospital 28 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: 2019, 2018, 2017. 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.