Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) · Iowa
West Des Moines
West Des Moines, IA · ~13 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 0.2
- Avg TCR
- 3.4
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
West Des Moines runs at 7% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) workplace, earning a grade A.
West Des Moines: 0.2 TCR = 7% of Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS 3.4 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)
West Des Moines safety composite
West Des Moines scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 100% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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).
78/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- A 0.24 per 100 workers
Safer than 100% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 73% 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
−0.7
2016→2024
West Des Moines injury rate improved
West Des Moines's TCR fell 0.7 from 0.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=0.7 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 442110 · West Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade A · TCR 0.2 · 7% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #1/16
- PHOTO Wauwatosa
- BOOK 3y book
- INJ 2 inj
- SIZE ~13 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Wauwatosa (0.0 TCR gap)
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West Des Moines in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Glendale 0.3
Glendale
0.3 TCR
- This site 0.2
West Des Moines
0.2 TCR
- Wauwatosa 0.2
Wauwatosa
0.2 TCR
- CORP-B5510-DSG 0.2
CORP-B5510-DSG CORPORATE
0.2 TCR
- 00-Northern Fi 0.2
00-Northern Field Support Center
0.2 TCR
What this shows West Des Moines averages 0.2 TCR (7% of the Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) BLS benchmark).
West Des Moines TCR series: 2016=0.7 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.4
Where West Des Moines falls in its industry
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., househ establishmentsSafer than 100% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #1 safest of 16 Furniture stores (e.g., househ employers in Iowa.
West Des Moines has fewer employees than the Furniture stores (e.g., household, offic median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.0. 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
442110 · IA · West Des Moines
2,215 Furniture stores (e.g., household, office, outdoor) 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. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Wauwatosa | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | CORP-B5510-DSG CORPORATE | 0.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Glendale | 0.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 00-Northern Field Support Center | 0.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | United Farmers Cooperative (Villisca Station) | 13 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Des Moines CoGeneration | 13 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Kinzler Construction Services - Ames | 13 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New Hampton Feed Plant | 13 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 | Fives Intralogistics Corp. | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Northrop Grumman Launch Vehicles | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Department of Public Works, Bureau of Street Lighting, Public Works Building | 0.2 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Triversity Construction Company, LLC | 0.2 TCR |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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