Scoreboards manufacturing · Iowa

Trans-Lux Midwest

Name: Trans-Lux Midwest Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~45 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 3.6
Avg TCR: 3.3
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Trans-Lux Midwest runs at 109% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Scoreboards manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Trans-Lux Midwest: 3.6 TCR = 109% of Scoreboards manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Trans-Lux Midwest safety composite

Trans-Lux Midwest scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% 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).

35/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): D 3.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
DART rate: F 7.21 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

Trans-Lux Midwest: 0.0 → 7.2 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 7.2 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2018

Trans-Lux Midwest's TCR rose 7.2 from 0.0 in 2017 to 7.2 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 339950 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade C · TCR 3.6 · 109% of ind

DART 7.2 DART
RANK #2/4
PHOTO Allen Industries Inc…
BOOK 2y book
INJ 2 inj
SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Allen Industries Inc.-Clearwater (0.0 TCR gap)

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3.6
Allen Industri

3.6
Proxy Signs, I

3.6
Process Retail

3.6
Czarnowski-Uta

3.5

What this shows Trans-Lux Midwest averages 3.6 TCR (109% of the Scoreboards manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Trans-Lux Midwest TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=7.2 · BLS 3.3

Where Trans-Lux Midwest falls in its industry

405 Scoreboards manufacturing establishments

Safer than 49% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.5.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 4 Scoreboards manufacturing employers in Iowa.

Trans-Lux Midwest (45 employees, TCR 3.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.5

Trans-Lux Midwest has fewer employees than the Scoreboards manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.5. 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	7.2	7.2	2	1	0
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

339950 · IA · Des Moines

405 Scoreboards 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Allen Industries Inc.-Clearwater	CLEARWATER, FL	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Proxy Signs, Inc.	BLOOMINGTON, MN	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Process Retail Group, Inc.	NEW BERLIN, WI	3.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Czarnowski-Utah/St. George	ST. GEORGE, UT	3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Bushel Boy - Mason City	MASON CITY	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Amana Farms, Inc.	AMANA	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Opal Foods Hampton	HAMPTON	45 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Davenport Service Center	DAVENPORT	45 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	Compassionate Care Hospice of Sparta	Sparta, NJ	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	District 5	San Luis Obispo, CA	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Daimler Trucks North America - Mt. Holly Plant	Mt. Holly, NC	3.6 TCR
NAT-TCR	Adams Fresh Grocer	Wilmington, DE	3.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Lubrizol Oilfield Chemistry, LLC	Elmendorf, TX	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	BMC Offices	Oklahoma City, OK	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Omaha Management Services, LLC	Phoenix, AZ	45 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ohio Lumex Co., Inc.	Solon, OH	45 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.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.