PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT is a automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers employer in DES MOINES, IA. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 2 violations and $600 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 1, 2026.
PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT
1800 DIXON, SUITE B, DES MOINES, IA, 50316
423110 — Top companies in Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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Industry context
Within the automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers industry in IA, PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT ranks in the 44th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 37 comparable establishments.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 36th percentile of the same peer group.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 2.9 for the automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 2.2.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 14 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT's OSHA violation history?
- PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 2 violations and $600 in total penalties.
- How does PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT's safety record compare to its industry?
- PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT operates in the automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENT of DES MOINES, IA from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 2 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 15 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 1, 2026.
This profile may be incomplete if PREFERRED TOOL & EQUIPMENToperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.