Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities · Iowa

Prairie Hills of Independence

Independence, IA · ~34 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Prairie Hills of Independence runs at 157% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities workplace, earning a grade D.

Prairie Hills of Independence: 6.0 TCR = 157% of Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Prairie Hills of Independence safety composite

Prairie Hills of Independence scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), 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).

C

67/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.97 per 100 workers

Safer than 59% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 87% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% 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

−2.2

2019→2021

Prairie Hills of Independence injury rate improved

Prairie Hills of Independence's TCR fell 2.2 from 10.1 in 2019 to 7.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 10.1 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2019=10.1 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=7.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Independence, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.0 · 157% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #38/121
  • PHOTO El Rio Memory Care
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~34 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: El Rio Memory Care (0.0 TCR gap)

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Prairie Hills of Independence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Prairie Hills of Independence averages 6.0 TCR (157% of the Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities BLS benchmark).

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

Prairie Hills of Independence TCR series: 2019=10.1 · 2020=0 · 2021=7.8 · BLS 3.8

Where Prairie Hills of Independence falls in its industry

4,127 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 59% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #38 safest of 121 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Iowa.

Prairie Hills of Independence (34 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9 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 050100150200250 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Prairie Hills of Independence
Prairie Hills of Independence (34 employees, TCR 6.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Prairie Hills of Independence has fewer employees than the Assisted-living facilities with on-site median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.9. 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
2021 7.8 0.0 2 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 10.1 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · IA · Independence

4,127 Assisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 26 employers in Independence, 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 El Rio Memory Care 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR SinaiResidences 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Active Retirement Inc., DBA Jefferson's Ferry 6.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR RICHLAND PLACE APARTMENT HOMES 6.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE BP Land, Inc. 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2511-Beaman, IA 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE Belle Plaine 34 FTE
STATE-SIZE KR Farm Labor Services, LLC 34 FTE
CITY-NEAR Indepedence Store 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Geater Machining and Manufacturing, CO 315 FTE
CITY-NEAR People's Memorial Hospital of Buchanan County Health Center 260 FTE
CITY-NEAR INDEPENDENCE PLANT 244 FTE
NAT-TCR Sl Start & Associates, LLC - Twin Falls Id 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR JSM and Associates 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Scoular Mentor 6.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 6795-48002B01CK 6.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE MCR Dulles LLC 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Welk Golf Course 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE Midway Service Center 34 FTE
NAT-SIZE US200: Madison 334 - SG 34 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: 2021, 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.