Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability · Iowa

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc

Emmetsburg, IA · ~51 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.7
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc runs at 19% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade A.

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc: 0.7 TCR = 19% of Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc safety composite

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% 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).

B

79/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
A 0.74 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 81% 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%).

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc held a steady TCR band

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc's TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 1.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2023=0.0 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623210 · Emmetsburg, IA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 0.7 · 19% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #1/64
  • PHOTO Innovative Support S…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~51 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Innovative Support Services, LTD. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc averages 0.7 TCR (19% 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

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=1.8 · 2018=1.9 · 2023=0 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.8

Where Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc falls in its industry

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and establishments

Safer than 96% 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 #1 safest of 64 Group homes, intellectual and employers in Iowa.

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc (51 employees, TCR 0.7) 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 Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc
Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc (51 employees, TCR 0.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Horizons Unlimited of Palo Alto County, Inc has fewer 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2018 1.9 1.9 1 0 0
2017 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623210 · IA · Emmetsburg

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 17 employers in Emmetsburg, 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 Innovative Support Services, LTD. 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Teater House 0.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Nonotuck Resource Associates 0.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR FRANKLIN FACILITY 1 FRANKLIN FACILITY 1 0.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Allendan Seed Company 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Iowa Falls Truck Wash 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE Corteva Marion Research MRN1 51 FTE
STATE-SIZE GRS OSI Gen Repair Svc Wind Plt 51 FTE
CITY-NEAR Palo Alto County Health System 278 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wild Rose Casino Emmetsburg 160 FTE
CITY-NEAR Poet-DSM Project Liberty 85 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lakeside Lutheran Home 80 FTE
NAT-TCR Minneapolis 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR C.A. Senecal Electrical Services, Inc. 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR REG OFF 20 - Midwest 0.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Attala Power Plant 0.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vinwood Cellars 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Kimbell Gin Machinery 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Keystone Turbine Services, LLC 51 FTE
NAT-SIZE Youth Health Service Inc 51 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: 2024, 2023, 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.