Continuing Care Retirement Community · Iowa

West Des Moines Bickford

West Des Moines, IA · ~31 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
22.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Des Moines Bickford runs at 591% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Continuing Care Retirement Community workplace, earning a grade F.

West Des Moines Bickford: 22.4 TCR = 591% of Continuing Care Retirement Community BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Des Moines Bickford safety composite

West Des Moines Bickford scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% 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

27/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 22.45 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
D 5.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 36% 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

−24.6

2022→2023

West Des Moines Bickford injury rate improved

West Des Moines Bickford's TCR fell 24.6 from 34.8 in 2022 to 10.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 34.8 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.23× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=34.8 · 2023=10.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 22.4 · 591% of ind

  • DART 5.1 DART
  • RANK #115/121
  • PHOTO Brethren Care Manage…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~31 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Brethren Care Management Services (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Des Moines Bickford in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Des Moines Bickford averages 22.4 TCR (591% of the Continuing Care Retirement Community BLS benchmark).

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

West Des Moines Bickford TCR series: 2022=34.8 · 2023=10.2 · BLS 3.8

Where West Des Moines Bickford falls in its industry

4,127 Continuing Care Retirement Com establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #115 safest of 121 Continuing Care Retirement Com employers in Iowa.

West Des Moines Bickford (31 employees, TCR 22.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Des Moines Bickford
West Des Moines Bickford (31 employees, TCR 22.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

West Des Moines Bickford has fewer employees than the Continuing Care Retirement Community median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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 10.2 5.1 2 0 0
2022 34.8 34.8 0 7 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · IA · West Des Moines

4,127 Continuing Care Retirement Community 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 Brethren Care Management Services 22.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR The Blake at Kingsport 22.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Yorkshire of Edina 22.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR SNH AL AIMO TENANT, INC. d/b/a Morningside of Chesterfield Village 22.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dupont - Pioneer Johnston Parent 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MBS Genetics, LLC 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE MiEnergy Cooperative - Iowa 31 FTE
STATE-SIZE Oelwein 31 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 Valle Vista Manor & The Villa at Valle Vista 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Centrex Rehab - Minnesota 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Brethren Care Management Services 22.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Apogee Ny Trucking LLC-Nj Drivers 22.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE CA 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE Food City 152 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SGS Retail - Halsey 31 FTE
NAT-SIZE SGS Retail - Jerome 31 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, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.