Mail and Parcel Delivery · Iowa

West Des Moines_1434818

West Des Moines, IA · ~35 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
11.0
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Des Moines_1434818 runs at 244% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Mail and Parcel Delivery workplace, earning a grade F.

West Des Moines_1434818: 11.0 TCR = 244% of Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Des Moines_1434818 safety composite

West Des Moines_1434818 scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17%), 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 11 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 9.38 per 100 workers

Safer than 26% 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

−3.2

2023→2024

West Des Moines_1434818 injury rate improved

West Des Moines_1434818's TCR fell 3.2 from 12.6 in 2023 to 9.4 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 12.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.85× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=12.6 · 2024=9.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 491110 · West Des Moines, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 11.0 · 244% of ind

  • DART 9.4 DART
  • RANK #116/157
  • PHOTO QUINCY_1378635
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~35 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: QUINCY_1378635 (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Des Moines_1434818 in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Des Moines_1434818 averages 11.0 TCR (244% of the Mail and Parcel Delivery BLS benchmark).

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

West Des Moines_1434818 TCR series: 2023=12.6 · 2024=9.4 · BLS 4.5

Where West Des Moines_1434818 falls in its industry

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #116 safest of 157 Mail and Parcel Delivery employers in Iowa.

West Des Moines_1434818 (35 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8 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 050100150 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate West Des Moines_1434818
West Des Moines_1434818 (35 employees, TCR 11.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 51 employees and a TCR of 6.8

West Des Moines_1434818 has fewer employees than the Mail and Parcel Delivery median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.8. 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 9.4 9.4 4 0 0
2023 12.6 10.1 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

491110 · IA · West Des Moines

13,818 Mail and Parcel Delivery 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 QUINCY_1378635 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR TOA ALTA_1384741 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIFE CARRIER ANNEX_1453471 11.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ESSEX JUNCTION_1362737 11.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE IA17-SEL-OSCEOLA HATCHERY' 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Agriscience - Algona Research - ALG2 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE JFSNA at ADM Cedar Rapids 35 FTE
STATE-SIZE On Track Construction, LLC 35 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 Cedarwood Gardens 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Over the Top Roofing LLC 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR GNS Canton 11.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Azcam - Camp Verde 11.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Broadway Plaza Hotel 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hibbing Family Medical Clinic 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hunter Douglas 35 FTE
NAT-SIZE Symphony at Centerville 35 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: 2024, 2023. 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.