DRAKE UNIVERSITY is a colleges, universities, and professional schools employer in DES MOINES, IA. Federal records show 6 OSHA inspections with 8 violations and $44,000 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 2, 2026.
DRAKE UNIVERSITY
2507 UNIVERSITY AVE, DES MOINES, IA, 50311
Parent: STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. (290 locations)
611310 — Top companies in Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
1,668 employees
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▶SEC Enforcement(3)
$838,285 totallast: 2020-01-16
SEC Enforcement(3)
SEC Litigation Releases filed against STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.— every public-company employer profile shows the parent's SEC enforcement history. Source: sec.gov/litigation/litreleases.
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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.
Part of a larger organization
DRAKE UNIVERSITY is one of 290 establishments in our dataset that roll up under the parent organization STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.. STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. is a SEC public reporter (STRL), with most recent reported revenue of $2.5B and 4,400 employees.
Federal enforcement records on DRAKE UNIVERSITY represent activity at this specific establishment. The full enforcement footprint of STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. across all 290 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other establishments operated by STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
- ROAD AND HIGHWAY BUILDERS, LLC — GOLDFIELD, NV — 2 federal records
- DRAKES BRANCH WWTP — DRAKES BRANCH, VA — 2 federal records
- DRAKE ROOFING, INC. — DES MOINES, IA — 2 federal records
- PLATEAU EXCAVATION — AUSTELL, GA — 2 federal records
- TEXAS STERLING CONSTRUCTION L.P. — HOUSTON, TX — 2 federal records
- PLATEAU EXCAVATION INC — CLEVELAND, TN — 2 federal records
- ROAD AND HIGHWAY BUILDERS LLC — LIHUE, HI — 2 federal records
- DRAKE ROOFING COMPANY — PARKERSBURG, WV — 1 federal record
- PETILLO, INC — DOVER, NJ — 1 federal record
- DRAKES LANDSCAPING AND EXCAVATION, LLC — CASPER, WY — 1 federal record
Other employers in Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools within IA
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY — AMES — 2 federal records
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — IOWA CITY — 2 federal records
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA — CEDAR FALLS — 2 federal records
- SCOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE — BETTENDORF — 1 federal record
- UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY — FAYETTE — 1 federal record
- CITY OF STANTON — STANTON — 1 federal record
- ST. AMBROSE UNIVERSITY — DAVENPORT — 1 federal record
- GRINNELL COLLEGE — GRINNELL — 1 federal record
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOUSING & DINING — IOWA CITY — 1 federal record
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FACILITIES MANAGEMENT — IOWA CITY — 1 federal record
Industry context
Within the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry in IA, DRAKE UNIVERSITY ranks in the 96th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 25 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 100th percentile of the same peer group. Inspection frequency ranks in the 92th percentile.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 1.3 for the colleges, universities, and professional schools sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.6. DRAKE UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 2.08, which is above the industry average.
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- What is DRAKE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $44,000 in total penalties.
- How does DRAKE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. DRAKE UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 2.08 compared to an industry average of 0.6.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DRAKE UNIVERSITY of DES MOINES, IA from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 6 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, EPA ECHO environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations cases, SEC Litigation Releases, SEC XBRL companyfacts (parent financials), and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 11 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 2, 2026. DRAKE UNIVERSITY resolves to the parent rollup STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., which operates 290 establishments in our dataset.
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