Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system · Iowa

Wastewater Reclamation Facility

Des Moines, IA · ~121 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
16.1
Avg TCR
1.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Wastewater Reclamation Facility runs at 1340% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system workplace, earning a grade F.

Wastewater Reclamation Facility: 16.1 TCR = 1340% of Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS 1.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Wastewater Reclamation Facility safety composite

Wastewater Reclamation Facility scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

29/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 16.08 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.26 per 100 workers

Safer than 44% 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

−9.4

2016→2023

Wastewater Reclamation Facility injury rate improved

Wastewater Reclamation Facility's TCR fell 9.4 from 12.8 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 41.3 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.8 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=41.3 · 2023=3.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 221320 · Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 16.1 · 1340% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #5/5
  • PHOTO Hanover Park Water R…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 59 inj
  • SIZE ~121 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant (0.1 TCR gap)

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Wastewater Reclamation Facility in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Wastewater Reclamation Facility averages 16.1 TCR (1340% of the Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system BLS benchmark).

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

Wastewater Reclamation Facility TCR series: 2016=12.8 · 2017=6.8 · 2018=41.3 · 2023=3.4 · BLS 1.2

Where Wastewater Reclamation Facility falls in its industry

400 Collection, treatment, and dis establishments

Safer than 3% 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 #5 safest of 5 Collection, treatment, and dis employers in Iowa.

Wastewater Reclamation Facility (121 employees, TCR 16.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Wastewater Reclamation Facility
Wastewater Reclamation Facility (121 employees, TCR 16.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 47 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Wastewater Reclamation Facility has more employees than the Collection, treatment, and disposal of w 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
2023 3.4 2.3 3 0 0
2018 41.3 30.5 38 4 0
2017 6.8 5.8 6 1 0
2016 12.8 9.8 12 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

221320 · IA · Des Moines

400 Collection, treatment, and disposal of waste through a sewer system 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 Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant 16.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Gulfport, Ms. 15.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Utilities 16.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Atlantic City Sewerage Company 16.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Neumann Brothers, Inc 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE O'Neal Manufacturing-Cedar Falls 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Behnke Enterprises, Inc. 121 FTE
STATE-SIZE Monona 121 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 Town of Middlebury 16.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington, Ut #00528 16.1 TCR
NAT-TCR North Kitsap Fire and Rescue 16.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 850 Golden Valley, MN (E&S) 16.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE SLC Salt Lake City International Airport 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE 0332 - Pittsburg 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trucchi's Supermarket #5 121 FTE
NAT-SIZE Charles P. Blouin 121 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: 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.