Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services · Iowa

Waste Solutions of Iowa

Des Moines, IA · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.6
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Waste Solutions of Iowa runs at 291% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services workplace, earning a grade F.

Waste Solutions of Iowa: 7.6 TCR = 291% of Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services BLS 2.6 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Waste Solutions of Iowa safety composite

Waste Solutions of Iowa scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 54% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), 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

41/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.57 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.81 per 100 workers

Safer than 54% 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%).

TCR Δ

−8.2

2022→2024

Waste Solutions of Iowa injury rate improved

Waste Solutions of Iowa's TCR fell 8.2 from 13.8 in 2022 to 5.6 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 13.8 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.37× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=13.8 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=5.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562991 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 7.6 · 291% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK P23
  • PHOTO Wind River Environme…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Wind River Environmental - Kennett Square, PA (0.1 TCR gap)

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Waste Solutions of Iowa in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Waste Solutions of Iowa averages 7.6 TCR (291% of the Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) services BLS benchmark).

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

Waste Solutions of Iowa TCR series: 2022=13.8 · 2023=3.3 · 2024=5.6 · BLS 2.6

Where Waste Solutions of Iowa falls in its industry

70 Portable toilet pumping (i.e., establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Waste Solutions of Iowa (27 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 5.4 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 020406080100120 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Waste Solutions of Iowa
Waste Solutions of Iowa (27 employees, TCR 7.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 33 employees and a TCR of 5.4

Waste Solutions of Iowa has fewer employees than the Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.4. 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 5.6 2.8 2 0 0
2023 3.3 0.0 1 0 0
2022 13.8 9.2 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562991 · IA · Des Moines

70 Portable toilet pumping (i.e., cleaning) 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 Wind River Environmental - Kennett Square, PA 7.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Modern Portable Toilets 7.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Herring Sanitation Service Inc 7.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR El Paso Sanitations Systems, Inc. dba Sarabia's Portable Jons 7.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE 2520-Storm Lake, IA (Monsanto Co.) 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Wastewater Treatment Plant 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Quality Construction Services, Inc. 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE The Weitz Company - Mission Critical - Microsoft DSM 14 27 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 The Chef's Warehouse Mid-Atlantic, LLC- Jessup, MD 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6640 Simi Valley 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Sanilac County Road Commission 7.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Amazon.com Services LLC - WNY1 7.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Miwon Specialty Chemicals USA 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Bos Ltl 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE BelGioioso Cheese - Langes Corners 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ritel Tower Services 27 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. 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.