Health Care · Iowa
Palo Alto County Health System
Emmetsburg, IA · ~278 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- B
- Good Safety Record
- 4.7
- Avg TCR
- 7.5
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Palo Alto County Health System runs at 63% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Health Care workplace, earning a grade B.
Palo Alto County Health System: 4.7 TCR = 63% of Health Care BLS 7.5 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Palo Alto County Health System safety composite
Palo Alto County Health System scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 57% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 34%), 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).
48/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- C 4.71 per 100 workers
Safer than 57% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.45 per 100 workers
Safer than 34% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Palo Alto County Health System: 3.3 → 3.7 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 7.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.52× in 2024
Palo Alto County Health System's TCR rose 0.4 from 3.3 in 2016 to 3.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.52× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 622110 · Emmetsburg, IA AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade B · TCR 4.7 · 63% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #77/160
- PHOTO Mount Carmel New Alb…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 80 inj
- SIZE ~278 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Mount Carmel New Albany Hospital (0.0 TCR gap)
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Palo Alto County Health System in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Palo Alto County Health System
4.7 TCR
- Mount Carmel N
Mount Carmel New Albany Hospital
4.7 TCR
- S0493 SOUTHWES
S0493 SOUTHWESTERN PHYS PRACTICE
4.7 TCR
- Flower Hospita
Flower Hospital
4.7 TCR
- 92030009 NYP G
92030009 NYP GRACIE SQUARE HOSPITAL
4.7 TCR
What this shows Palo Alto County Health System averages 4.7 TCR (63% of the Health Care BLS benchmark).
Palo Alto County Health System TCR series: 2016=3.3 · 2017=6 · 2018=7 · 2019=4.8 · 2020=7.6 · 2021=3 · 2022=2.9 · 2023=4.1 · 2024=3.7 · BLS 7.5
Where Palo Alto County Health System falls in its industry
6,862 Health Care establishmentsSafer than 57% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.2.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #77 safest of 160 Health Care employers in Iowa.
Palo Alto County Health System has fewer employees than the Health Care median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.2. 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 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
622110 · IA · Emmetsburg
6,862 Health Care 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 | Mount Carmel New Albany Hospital | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | S0493 SOUTHWESTERN PHYS PRACTICE | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Flower Hospital | 4.7 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 92030009 NYP GRACIE SQUARE HOSPITAL | 4.7 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Guardian Industries - DeWitt | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Heritage Group LLC | 278 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Russell Group | 277 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Port Neal | 277 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Wild Rose Casino Emmetsburg | 160 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Poet-DSM Project Liberty | 85 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Lakeside Lutheran Home | 80 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Emmetsburg Care Center | 79 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Aberdeen Home Care, Inc. | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Gene'S Heartland Foods 712 | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | TYK America | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Road Machinery and Supplies (RMS Rentals) | 4.7 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Principal Manufacturing Corporation | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | USPL Nutritionals LLC | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Thyssenkrupp Crankshaft LLC | 278 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | 2012 - Orange | 278 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.