Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability · Ohio

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence

Independence, OH · ~105 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
7.0
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence runs at 184% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability workplace, earning a grade D.

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence: 7.0 TCR = 184% of Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence safety composite

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 41%), 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).

D

46/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 50% 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

−6.4

2016→2020

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence injury rate improved

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence's TCR fell 6.4 from 8.6 in 2016 to 2.2 in 2020. Peak filing year was 2017 at 15.0 TCR. In 2020, DART was 0.31× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=8.6 · 2017=15.0 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623210 · Independence, OH ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 7.0 · 184% of ind

  • DART 2.2 DART
  • RANK #108/155
  • PHOTO Passages, Inc.
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 35 inj
  • SIZE ~105 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Passages, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence averages 7.0 TCR (184% 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

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence TCR series: 2016=8.6 · 2017=15 · 2018=5.7 · 2019=3.5 · 2020=2.2 · BLS 3.8

Where ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence falls in its industry

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and establishments

Safer than 41% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Ohio alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #108 safest of 155 Group homes, intellectual and employers in Ohio.

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence (105 employees, TCR 7.0) 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 ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence
ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence (105 employees, TCR 7.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 65 employees and a TCR of 5.8

ViaQuest Residential Services - Independence has more employees than the Group homes, intellectual and developmen 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
2020 2.2 2.2 2 0 0
2019 3.5 0.0 3 0 0
2018 5.7 4.5 5 0 0
2017 15.0 8.8 16 1 0
2016 8.6 3.8 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623210 · OH · Independence

2,261 Group homes, intellectual and developmental disability employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,650 rated employers in Ohio with headcount on file · 73 employers in Independence, OH · 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 Passages, Inc. 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR ABS CORPUS CHRISTI DAY PROGRAM 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Whitley Place - Russellville 7.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR James L Maher Center 7.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Todhunter 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Woda Construction Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE Platform Cement Inc. 105 FTE
STATE-SIZE North Jackson Kitchen 105 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Center 1,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR Life Line Screening 901 FTE
CITY-NEAR CC Business Operations Ctr 827 FTE
CITY-NEAR Independence Excavating 695 FTE
NAT-TCR Camp Street 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR NorthStar Battery Plant 2 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Williamsburg Villas 7.0 TCR
NAT-TCR 900 Aventura Restaurant LLC 7.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Lehigh Valley Site Contractors 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wichita Falls TX OC 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE FI - Bay Pointe, LLC 105 FTE
NAT-SIZE 563 El Centro, Ca 105 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: 2020, 2019, 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.