Plasmapheresis Center · Iowa

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife

West Des Moines, IA · ~77 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
26.2
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife runs at 689% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Plasmapheresis Center workplace, earning a grade F.

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife: 26.2 TCR = 689% of Plasmapheresis Center BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife safety composite

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

13/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 26.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 21.04 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% 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%).

Rising injury rate

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife: 18.7 → 33.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 33.7 TCR · DART/TCR 0.8× in 2021

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife's TCR rose 15.0 from 18.7 in 2020 to 33.7 in 2021. In 2021, DART was 0.8× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621991 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 26.2 · 689% of ind

  • DART 21.0 DART
  • RANK #48/48
  • PHOTO AMERICAN RED CROSS -…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 27 inj
  • SIZE ~77 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AMERICAN RED CROSS - 1099-1111 S COTTONWOOD (0.1 TCR gap)

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West Des Moines, IA-BioLife in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Des Moines, IA-BioLife averages 26.2 TCR (689% of the Plasmapheresis Center BLS benchmark).

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

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife TCR series: 2020=18.7 · 2021=33.7 · BLS 3.8

Where West Des Moines, IA-BioLife falls in its industry

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center establishments

Safer than 0% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #48 safest of 48 Plasmapheresis Center employers in Iowa.

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife (77 employees, TCR 26.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3 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 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate West Des Moines, IA-BioLife
West Des Moines, IA-BioLife (77 employees, TCR 26.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 4.3

West Des Moines, IA-BioLife has more employees than the Plasmapheresis Center median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.3. 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
2021 33.7 21.0 16 0 0
2020 18.7 13.6 11 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621991 · IA · West Des Moines

1,713 Plasmapheresis Center 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 AMERICAN RED CROSS - 1099-1111 S COTTONWOOD 26.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR BioTek America, LLC - Statesboro, GA dba Freedom Plasma 25.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sioux City, IA-Biolife 621 25.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TXHFM-OPI-HOUSTON-FM 1960 173 24.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hen Haven LLC 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Cherokee Production 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Huxley, IA 77 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa City Service Center 77 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 NBCU Live Production : Live Theater - Wicked Munchkinland 26.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Troxel Logistics, LLC 26.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Best Western Plus Executive Suites 26.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Highway Department 26.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE HJC Farms Inc. 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Weaver Bros., Inc. - Anchorage 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Avista Dollar Road 77 FTE
NAT-SIZE Renold Westfield 77 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: 2021, 2020. 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.