Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) · Iowa

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines

Des Moines, IA · ~45 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.6
Avg TCR
3.4
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines runs at 252% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) workplace, earning a grade F.

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines: 8.6 TCR = 252% of Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS 3.4 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines safety composite

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 15%), 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

45/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 8.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 15% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% 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%).

TCR Δ

−5.8

2016→2024

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines injury rate improved

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines's TCR fell 5.8 from 10.6 in 2016 to 4.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 14.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=10.6 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=12.2 · 2019=14.6 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=4.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 441310 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.6 · 252% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #14/17
  • PHOTO BYOT Auto Parts
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: BYOT Auto Parts (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines averages 8.6 TCR (252% of the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) BLS benchmark).

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

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines TCR series: 2016=10.6 · 2017=4.1 · 2018=12.2 · 2019=14.6 · 2020=8.8 · 2021=11.2 · 2022=4.2 · 2023=6.5 · 2024=4.8 · BLS 3.4

Where Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines falls in its industry

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta establishments

Safer than 15% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #14 safest of 17 Auto salvage yards (i.e., reta employers in Iowa.

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines (45 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 05001,0001,500 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines
Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines (45 employees, TCR 8.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 30 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Vander Haag's Inc. - Des Moines has more employees than the Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 4.8 0.0 2 0 0
2023 6.5 4.4 3 0 0
2022 4.2 4.2 2 0 0
2021 11.2 2.2 5 0 0
2020 8.8 8.8 4 0 0
2019 14.6 14.6 7 0 0
2018 12.2 8.1 6 0 0
2017 4.1 4.1 2 0 0
2016 10.6 4.3 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

441310 · IA · Des Moines

1,258 Auto salvage yards (i.e., retailing used auto parts) 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 BYOT Auto Parts 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR 6450 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR PBY AZ Van Buren 8.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fisher Auto Parts - DREXPA 8.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Bushel Boy - Mason City 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Amana Farms, Inc. 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Opal Foods Hampton 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Davenport Service Center 45 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 Embracing Autism 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Medilodge of Montrose 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Summit Racing Equipment Texas 8.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Freightliner Northwest, Coburg OR 8.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 119 Hilton Garden Inn 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Water Department 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Beaumont Martin Transport 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Book Fairs - Orlando 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 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.