Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability · Iowa

Discovery Living, Inc.

Cedar Rapids, IA · ~211 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
4.3
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Discovery Living, Inc. runs at 114% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade C.

Discovery Living, Inc.: 4.3 TCR = 114% of Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS 3.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Discovery Living, Inc. safety composite

Discovery Living, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 0%), 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

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 4.33 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.34 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 0% 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%).

Discovery Living, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Discovery Living, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 6.6 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2016 at 6.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=6.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=3.0 · 2021=4.0 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=6.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623210 · Cedar Rapids, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 4.3 · 114% of ind

  • DART 2.3 DART
  • RANK #17/64
  • PHOTO AIRES, LLC
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 65 inj
  • SIZE ~211 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: AIRES, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Discovery Living, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Discovery Living, Inc. averages 4.3 TCR (114% of the Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS benchmark).

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

Discovery Living, Inc. TCR series: 2016=6.6 · 2017=2.6 · 2018=5.1 · 2019=4.7 · 2020=3 · 2021=4 · 2022=2.2 · 2023=6.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Discovery Living, Inc. falls in its industry

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 64 Group homes, intellectual and employers in Iowa.

Discovery Living, Inc. (211 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8 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 0200400600 0510152025 Average employees Total Case Rate Discovery Living, Inc.
Discovery Living, Inc. (211 employees, TCR 4.3) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Discovery Living, Inc. has more employees than the Group homes, intellectual and developmen median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.8. 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
2023 6.5 2.3 14 0 0
2022 2.2 2.2 5 0 0
2021 4.0 3.0 8 0 0
2020 3.0 2.0 5 1 1
2019 4.7 2.6 9 0 0
2018 5.1 3.6 10 0 0
2017 2.6 1.6 5 0 0
2016 6.6 2.7 9 3 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623210 · IA · Cedar Rapids

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 466 employers in Cedar Rapids, 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 AIRES, LLC 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABS HARLINGEN DAY PROGRAM 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Father Flanagan's Nevada 4.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR 481907 FL 9460 UNIVERSITY PARKWAY 4.3 TCR
STATE-SIZE Des Moines Water Works 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE US Gypsum Sperry 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE 0408 - Windows-Customer Care 211 FTE
STATE-SIZE CJ Bio America 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids IA 400 NE) 6,179 FTE
CITY-NEAR Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids C Ave 6,172 FTE
CITY-NEAR CRST EXPEDITED INC 3,475 FTE
CITY-NEAR St. Luke's Methodist Hospital 2,949 FTE
NAT-TCR E-Coat Facility 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Kennedy High School 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tracy Hdl 4.3 TCR
NAT-TCR Tropical Shores Beach Resort 4.3 TCR
NAT-SIZE Linc 0028 (Romulus - M) 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE SKF USA Inc. - Hanover 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE 00701 Bridger Coal Company Sf Mine 211 FTE
NAT-SIZE Lahey Health at Home - Beverly 211 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: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.