Employer · Iowa

USA Des Moines International Airport

Des Moines, IA · ~24 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
2.0
Avg TCR
1.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

USA Des Moines International Airport runs at 143% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical industry workplace, earning a grade D.

USA Des Moines International Airport: 2.0 TCR = 143% of industry BLS 1.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

USA Des Moines International Airport safety composite

USA Des Moines International Airport scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% 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

54/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.01 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% 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%).

Rising injury rate

USA Des Moines International Airport: 0.0 → 4.0 TCR

Peak year 2019 @ 4.0 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2019

USA Des Moines International Airport's TCR rose 4.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 4.0 in 2019. In 2019, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 532111 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 2.0 · 143% of ind

  • DART 4.0 DART
  • RANK #3/15
  • PHOTO USA Dulles 23480 Aut…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 1 inj
  • SIZE ~24 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: USA Dulles 23480 Autopilot Dr (0.0 TCR gap)

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USA Des Moines International Airport in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows USA Des Moines International Airport averages 2.0 TCR (143% of the industry BLS benchmark).

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

USA Des Moines International Airport TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=4 · BLS 1.4

Where USA Des Moines International Airport falls in its industry

995 industry establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #3 safest of 15 industry employers in Iowa.

USA Des Moines International Airport (24 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.8 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 0100200300400 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate USA Des Moines International Airport
USA Des Moines International Airport (24 employees, TCR 2.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 53 employees and a TCR of 3.8

USA Des Moines International Airport has fewer employees than the industry median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.8. 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
2019 4.0 4.0 1 0 0
2018 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

532111 · IA · Des Moines

995 industry 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 USA Dulles 23480 Autopilot Dr 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA Milwaukee 5300 S Howell Ave 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR USA East Boston 375 Mcclellan Hwy 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Enterprise Holdings - AVL Airport 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Afton Warehouse 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Northwood Sow Unit 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belmond 24 FTE
STATE-SIZE Clarion, IA 24 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 Building Envelope Solutions 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rws Tx North Tx Wichita Falls 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR SwedishAmerican Health System-Belvidere Medical Center 2.0 TCR
NAT-TCR AIA Countertops (Plant 235) 2.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE USA Allentown 3311 Airport Rd 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE USA Peoria 1900 S Maxwell Rd 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE ZF Gainesville-03 24 FTE
NAT-SIZE RMDS Hagerstown 24 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: 2019, 2018. 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.