Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing · Iowa
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines
Des Moines, IA · ~36 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 4.8
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines runs at 144% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines: 4.8 TCR = 144% of Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines safety composite
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 26%), 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)
- F 4.75 per 100 workers
Safer than 26% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 28% 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
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines: 3.4 → 10.9 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.57× in 2024
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines's TCR rose 7.5 from 3.4 in 2022 to 10.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0.57× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 333415 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 144% of ind
- DART 2.7 DART
- RANK #4/8
- PHOTO Mestex
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 6 inj
- SIZE ~36 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mestex (0.0 TCR gap)
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Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines
4.8 TCR
- Mestex
Mestex
4.8 TCR
- Bard Manufactu
Bard Manufacturing Company, Inc.
4.7 TCR
- SPX Cooling Te
SPX Cooling Technologies
4.7 TCR
- Great American
Great American Coil
4.7 TCR
What this shows Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines averages 4.8 TCR (144% of the Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=0 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 3.3
Where Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines falls in its industry
461 Refrigeration units, truck-typ establishmentsSafer than 26% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #4 safest of 8 Refrigeration units, truck-typ employers in Iowa.
Thermo King Sales & Service - Des Moines has fewer employees than the Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufac median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.8. 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 | 10.9 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
333415 · IA · Des Moines
461 Refrigeration units, truck-type, manufacturing 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 | Mestex | 4.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Bard Manufacturing Company, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | SPX Cooling Technologies | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Great American Coil | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | ALGONA MARKET SWINE MANAGEMENT | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Algona Municipal Utilities | 36 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Waterloo Water Works | 36 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 | Memorial Herman Pro | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Home Delivery Giant Company Willow | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 8548 Lanham | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | 111 Salvage LLC - Salvage Yard | 4.8 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Lebanon Meat Plant | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Dj Jam LLC | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Cennox Project and Security Solutions Inc (CA) | 36 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | RBP Chemical Technology INC | 36 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.