Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building · Iowa

The Samuels Group - Iowa

Des Moines, IA · ~28 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.6
Avg TCR
2.9
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

The Samuels Group - Iowa runs at 123% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building workplace, earning a grade D.

The Samuels Group - Iowa: 3.6 TCR = 123% of Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS 2.9 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

The Samuels Group - Iowa safety composite

The Samuels Group - Iowa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 34%), 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

52/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 3.56 per 100 workers

Safer than 34% of industry peers

DART rate
C 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% 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

−7.1

2017→2018

The Samuels Group - Iowa injury rate improved

The Samuels Group - Iowa's TCR fell 7.1 from 7.1 in 2017 to 0.0 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2017 at 7.1 TCR. In 2018, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=7.1 · 2018=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 236220 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.6 · 123% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #39/75
  • PHOTO J2 Solutions, Inc.
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~28 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: J2 Solutions, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Samuels Group - Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows The Samuels Group - Iowa averages 3.6 TCR (123% of the Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building BLS benchmark).

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

The Samuels Group - Iowa TCR series: 2017=7.1 · 2018=0 · BLS 2.9

Where The Samuels Group - Iowa falls in its industry

4,692 Addition, alteration and renov establishments

Safer than 34% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #39 safest of 75 Addition, alteration and renov employers in Iowa.

The Samuels Group - Iowa (28 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3 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 0100200300400500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate The Samuels Group - Iowa
The Samuels Group - Iowa (28 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 2.3

The Samuels Group - Iowa has fewer employees than the Addition, alteration and renovation gene median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.3. 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
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2017 7.1 3.6 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

236220 · IA · Des Moines

4,692 Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building 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 J2 Solutions, Inc. 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Burnside Builders LLC 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wilder Apartments 3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR BlueHive/Continental Woodcraft 3.6 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 Plainville Community Schools Toffolon Elementary School 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 21Z3-U3 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Penske : 5194-00 Starbucks-DCM/Dallas, TX 3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR ANCHR - Charlotte- NC 3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dutch Valley Food Development - New Holland 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rockwell Automation- Memphis TN (MTN) 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE 300 - Mechanicsburg 28 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dallas Hospice 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: 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.