Retail · Iowa

Unit # 1612

West Des Moines, IA · ~158 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.2
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Unit # 1612 runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Retail workplace, earning a grade B.

Unit # 1612: 2.2 TCR = 64% of Retail BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Unit # 1612 safety composite

Unit # 1612 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 73% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.18 per 100 workers

Safer than 73% of industry peers

DART rate
D 1.1 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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

Unit # 1612: 1.1 → 3.3 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 3.3 TCR · DART/TCR 0.5× in 2017

Unit # 1612's TCR rose 2.2 from 1.1 in 2016 to 3.3 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.2 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.1 DART
  • RANK #6/18
  • PHOTO Unit #2008
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 4 inj
  • SIZE ~158 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Unit #2008 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Unit # 1612 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Unit # 1612 averages 2.2 TCR (64% of the Retail BLS benchmark).

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

Unit # 1612 TCR series: 2016=1.1 · 2017=3.3 · BLS 3.4

Where Unit # 1612 falls in its industry

1,987 Retail establishments

Safer than 73% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

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 18 Retail employers in Iowa.

Unit # 1612 (158 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Unit # 1612
Unit # 1612 (158 employees, TCR 2.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Unit # 1612 has more employees than the Retail median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017 3.3 1.1 3 0 0
2016 1.1 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · IA · West Des Moines

1,987 Retail employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 160 employers in West 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 Unit #2008 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit # 0465 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR STR0413 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Unit #1698 2.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Lincoln Electric Automation Bettendorf 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2807-0552 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1621 158 FTE
STATE-SIZE Waterloo Pork DC 158 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hy-Vee, Inc. 73,135 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wright Tree Service, Inc 4,019 FTE
CITY-NEAR WDMCS 1,363 FTE
CITY-NEAR FBL Financial Group Inc., Corporate Headquarters 1,123 FTE
NAT-TCR Springhill Suites 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Pioneer Pumping Services, LLC 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Precise Corporate Printing, Inc 2.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Navajo Generating Station 2.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Logan Airport (Malog) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kentucky View (Kyfou) 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE PHL - Airport United Airlines Offices 158 FTE
NAT-SIZE ECDC-JSB 158 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: 2017, 2016. 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.