Department stores (except discount department stores) · Iowa

Younkers

Name: Younkers Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Des Moines, IA · ~104 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

C
Average Safety Record: 2.9
Avg TCR: 3.4
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Younkers runs at 85% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Department stores (except discount department stores) workplace, earning a grade C.

Younkers: 2.9 TCR = 85% of Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS 3.4 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Younkers safety composite

Younkers scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 80% 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).

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 2.88 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% 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

−5.8

2016→2017

Younkers injury rate improved

Younkers's TCR fell 5.8 from 5.8 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 5.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=5.8 · 2017=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 452111 · Des Moines, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.9 · 85% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #9/18
PHOTO STR0347
BOOK 2y book
INJ 3 inj
SIZE ~104 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: STR0347 (0.0 TCR gap)

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STR0347

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STR0248

2.9
Store 0292 HOT

2.9
Store 0501 SOM

2.9

What this shows Younkers averages 2.9 TCR (85% of the Department stores (except discount department stores) BLS benchmark).

Younkers TCR series: 2016=5.8 · 2017=0 · BLS 3.4

Where Younkers falls in its industry

1,987 Department stores (except disc establishments

Safer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

Grade C

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 18 Department stores (except disc employers in Iowa.

Younkers (104 employees, TCR 2.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 46 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Younkers has more employees than the Department stores (except discount depar median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. 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
2017	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2016	5.8	5.8	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

452111 · IA · Des Moines

1,987 Department stores (except discount department stores) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 525 employers in 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	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	STR0347	FREDERICKSBURG, VA	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	STR0248	WINTER HAVEN, FL	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0292 HOT SPRINGS	HOT SPRINGS, AR	2.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Store 0501 SOMERSET	SOMERSET, KY	2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Iowa	WEBSTER CITY	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BHE - Council Bluff College Rd (IA001)	COUNCIL BLUFFS	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Associated Milk Producers Inc (Sanborn)	SANBORN	104 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Thombert	NEWTON	104 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Corporate Center	Des Moines	6,292 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines	Des Moines	4,884 FTE
CITY-NEAR	MercyOne Des Moines	Des Moines	3,547 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Des Moines Methodist Hospital	Des Moines	3,495 FTE
NAT-TCR	South 601 (Stores) MNE9	Minneapolis, MN	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Hot Springs Office AKK7	Hot Springs, AR	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Oldcastle OPI - Croydon	Croydon, PA	2.9 TCR
NAT-TCR	Wheeling (Wvwhe)	Benwood, WV	2.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE	815 Pallets, Inc dba CALco - Richmond, IL	Richmond, IL	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Batavia - Aldi	Batavia, IL	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	6400-Swy 0024 0011	Bellingham, WA	104 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Salt Lake Airport (Utslk)	Salt Lake City, UT	104 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: 2017, 2016. 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.