Janitorial services · Iowa

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University

Des Moines, IA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.8
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Janitorial services workplace, earning a grade A.

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University: 1.8 TCR = 41% of Janitorial services BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University safety composite

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), 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

51/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 1.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University: 0.0 → 3.7 TCR

Peak year 2018 @ 3.7 TCR · DART/TCR 2.01× in 2018

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University's TCR rose 3.7 from 0.0 in 2017 to 3.7 in 2018. In 2018, DART was 2.01× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 561720 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.8 · 41% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #18/80
  • PHOTO SODEXO AT ADVENTIST …
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: SODEXO AT ADVENTIST HEALTH PORTLAND (0.0 TCR gap)

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UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University averages 1.8 TCR (41% of the Janitorial services BLS benchmark).

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

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=3.7 · BLS 4.5

Where UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University falls in its industry

4,064 Janitorial services establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #18 safest of 80 Janitorial services employers in Iowa.

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University (31 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University
UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University (31 employees, TCR 1.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 56 employees and a TCR of 3.2

UG2 - 176 - Des Moines University has fewer employees than the Janitorial services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. 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
2018 3.7 3.7 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

561720 · IA · Des Moines

4,064 Janitorial services 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 SODEXO AT ADVENTIST HEALTH PORTLAND 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR PSSI - 0085 Simmons Foods Inc. - Van Buren 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR St. Vincent Health System - EV 1.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enloe Medical Center 1.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MBS Genetics, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oelwein 31 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 Membership 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Olivette (PC) 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Bearcreek Warehouse 1.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Dakkota Molding Technologies 1.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Indy ARC 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE UG2 -210 - One Marina 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE JIS at Ineos Lima 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Woodstone Assisted Living 31 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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