Intellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities · Maine

Independence Association-Founders

Tophsam, ME · ~89 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
21.8
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independence Association-Founders runs at 575% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Intellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities workplace, earning a grade F.

Independence Association-Founders: 21.8 TCR = 575% of Intellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independence Association-Founders safety composite

Independence Association-Founders scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).

F

17/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 21.84 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.89 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% 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

−8.0

2016→2017

Independence Association-Founders injury rate improved

Independence Association-Founders's TCR fell 8.0 from 25.8 in 2016 to 17.8 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 25.8 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.54× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=25.8 · 2017=17.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623210 · Tophsam, ME ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 21.8 · 575% of ind

  • DART 11.9 DART
  • RANK #21/23
  • PHOTO Independence Advocat…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 8 inj
  • SIZE ~89 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Independence Advocates of Maine, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independence Association-Founders in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independence Association-Founders averages 21.8 TCR (575% of the Intellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Independence Association-Founders TCR series: 2016=25.8 · 2017=17.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Independence Association-Founders falls in its industry

2,261 Intellectual and developmental establishments

Safer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Maine alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #21 safest of 23 Intellectual and developmental employers in Maine.

Independence Association-Founders (89 employees, TCR 21.8) 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 Independence Association-Founders
Independence Association-Founders (89 employees, TCR 21.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8

Independence Association-Founders has more employees than the Intellectual and developmental disabilit median and a higher 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
2017 17.8 11.9 2 1 0
2016 25.8 25.8 6 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623210 · ME · Tophsam

2,261 Intellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 2,397 rated employers in Maine with headcount on file · 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 Independence Advocates of Maine, Inc. 21.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR ARCA InterCare Service South Valley A & B 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hale St 21.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR CCN Minor South 21.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Cozy Harbor Seafood 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE Maine Beer Company 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08358 - Store # 8358 Rumford 89 FTE
STATE-SIZE 08155 - Store # 8155 Millinocket 89 FTE
NAT-TCR Weiser 017 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 178 Carmel Mountain 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale 21.8 TCR
NAT-TCR The Retreat at Loganville 21.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Town of Lloyd 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Anderson LLC 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE N and R of Jonesburg Inc 89 FTE
NAT-SIZE Advantage Management Corporation Eagan 89 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: 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.