Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability · Iowa
Exceptional Persons, Inc.
Waterloo, IA · ~298 workers · 6 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- D
- Poor Safety Record
- 5.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Exceptional Persons, Inc. runs at 133% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade D.
Exceptional Persons, Inc.: 5.0 TCR = 133% of Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS 3.8 · 6y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Exceptional Persons, Inc. safety composite
Exceptional Persons, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 57% 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).
55/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 5.05 per 100 workers
Safer than 56% of industry peers
- DART rate
- C 1.28 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% 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
−6.1
2019→2024
Exceptional Persons, Inc. injury rate improved
Exceptional Persons, Inc.'s TCR fell 6.1 from 7.4 in 2019 to 1.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 10.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.25× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2019=7.4 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623210 · Waterloo, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade D · TCR 5.0 · 133% of ind
- DART 1.3 DART
- RANK #24/64
- PHOTO Frontier Community S…
- BOOK 6y book
- INJ 100 inj
- SIZE ~298 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Frontier Community Services (0.0 TCR gap)
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Exceptional Persons, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Frontier Commu
Frontier Community Services
5.1 TCR
- Sr. Helen Murp
Sr. Helen Murphy House
5.1 TCR
- Pratt
Pratt
5.1 TCR
- This site
Exceptional Persons, Inc.
5 TCR
- 197 Cook Road
197 Cook Road
5 TCR
What this shows Exceptional Persons, Inc. averages 5.0 TCR (133% of the Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS benchmark).
Exceptional Persons, Inc. TCR series: 2019=7.4 · 2020=10.1 · 2021=1.8 · 2022=4.8 · 2023=4.9 · 2024=1.3 · BLS 3.8
Where Exceptional Persons, Inc. falls in its industry
2,261 Group homes, intellectual and establishmentsSafer than 56% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #24 safest of 64 Group homes, intellectual and employers in Iowa.
Exceptional Persons, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 10.1 | 1.4 | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.4 | 2.3 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
623210 · IA · Waterloo
2,261 Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 172 employers in Waterloo, 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 | Frontier Community Services | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Sr. Helen Murphy House | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Pratt | 5.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 197 Cook Road | 5.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Community Health Care, Inc. | 298 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Eggs-Mason City IA | 297 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | US08 Underwood Link Snacks Inc. | 299 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Cherokee Regional Medical Center | 299 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Black Hawk County Extension | 4,790 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Waterloo Pork Plant | 2,801 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | UnityPoint | 2,295 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JD Waterloo Tractor and Cab Assembly Operations | 1,605 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | double kwik Grundy | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Joplin MO FXFE-JOP | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lawrenceburg Fab - AOC Metal Works | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Bay Bluffs Emmet County Medical Care Facility | 5.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | 1044 - Columbia | 298 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 1408 - Los Angeles Eagle Rock | 298 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Day Lee Food, Inc. | 298 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Flex Technology Group | 298 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.