Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing · Iowa

West Des Moines, Ia

West Des Moines, IA · ~147 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.4
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Des Moines, Ia runs at 163% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

West Des Moines, Ia: 5.4 TCR = 163% of Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Des Moines, Ia safety composite

West Des Moines, Ia scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 31%), 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

39/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 5.39 per 100 workers

Safer than 31% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.23 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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%).

West Des Moines, Ia held a steady TCR band

West Des Moines, Ia's TCR held near 0.2 from 4.7 in 2016 to 4.5 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 9.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 326299 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.4 · 163% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK P31
  • PHOTO Ultimate RB-McMinnvi…
  • BOOK 6y book
  • INJ 50 inj
  • SIZE ~147 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Ultimate RB-McMinnville (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Des Moines, Ia in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Des Moines, Ia averages 5.4 TCR (163% of the Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

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

West Des Moines, Ia TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=5.8 · 2018=5.4 · 2019=9.2 · 2020=2.8 · 2021=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where West Des Moines, Ia falls in its industry

257 Sheeting, rubber, manufacturin establishments

Safer than 31% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
West Des Moines, Ia (147 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6 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 0100200300400500 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate West Des Moines, Ia
West Des Moines, Ia (147 employees, TCR 5.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 79 employees and a TCR of 3.6

West Des Moines, Ia has more employees than the Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. 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 4.5 2.2 7 1 0
2020 2.8 2.8 4 0 0
2019 9.2 4.9 15 0 0
2018 5.4 4.2 9 0 0
2017 5.8 3.9 9 0 0
2016 4.7 3.1 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

326299 · IA · West Des Moines

257 Sheeting, rubber, manufacturing 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 Ultimate RB-McMinnville 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR METRO MOULDED PARTS 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Applied Power Products - Lakeville 5.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR LTR Products, LLC 5.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Russell Construction 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Michels Power- IA 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE LS - DYERSVILLE-TRUSS 147 FTE
STATE-SIZE Plant 05 - DM 147 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 Winzeler Custom Stamping 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR NEFCO-Detroit 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sedano's Supermarket #28 5.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Goodwill of Colorado Broadway 5.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE St. Joseph Manor 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dutchmen Plant 802 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rolling Hills Development Center 147 FTE
NAT-SIZE Atlas Roofing Corporation, Franklin 147 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, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.