Nursing homes · Iowa

West Ridge Specialty Care

Knoxville, IA · ~60 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.1
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

West Ridge Specialty Care runs at 264% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Nursing homes workplace, earning a grade F.

West Ridge Specialty Care: 17.1 TCR = 264% of Nursing homes BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

West Ridge Specialty Care safety composite

West Ridge Specialty Care scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 8%), 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

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 8% of industry peers

DART rate
D 3.68 per 100 workers

Safer than 48% 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

−4.0

2016→2023

West Ridge Specialty Care injury rate improved

West Ridge Specialty Care's TCR fell 4.0 from 9.5 in 2016 to 5.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2019 at 36.4 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.21× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=9.5 · 2019=36.4 · 2023=5.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Knoxville, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.1 · 264% of ind

  • DART 3.7 DART
  • RANK #363/396
  • PHOTO 9288-A41
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 9 inj
  • SIZE ~60 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 9288-A41 (0.0 TCR gap)

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West Ridge Specialty Care in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows West Ridge Specialty Care averages 17.1 TCR (264% of the Nursing homes BLS benchmark).

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

West Ridge Specialty Care TCR series: 2016=9.5 · 2019=36.4 · 2023=5.5 · BLS 6.5

Where West Ridge Specialty Care falls in its industry

15,252 Nursing homes establishments

Safer than 8% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #363 safest of 396 Nursing homes employers in Iowa.

West Ridge Specialty Care (60 employees, TCR 17.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6 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 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate West Ridge Specialty Care
West Ridge Specialty Care (60 employees, TCR 17.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

West Ridge Specialty Care has fewer employees than the Nursing homes median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.6. 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
2023 5.5 3.7 3 0 0
2019 36.4 18.2 2 0 0
2016 9.5 9.5 4 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · IA · Knoxville

15,252 Nursing homes employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 18 employers in Knoxville, 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 9288-A41 17.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Sandy River Center 17.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Continuing Healthcare of Milan 17.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Prairie Manor Healthcare 17.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE MAIN OFFICE 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Total Maintenance, Inc. 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Dan's Overhead Doors & More 60 FTE
STATE-SIZE Cargill Inc 60 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knoxville 583 FTE
CITY-NEAR Weiler, Inc. 524 FTE
CITY-NEAR Knoxville Hospital and Clinics 289 FTE
CITY-NEAR Hormel Foods 207 FTE
NAT-TCR Brookdale Virginia Beach 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 150 Rocklin 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Fire Department 17.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Crossgate 17.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE BrandSafway Solutions, LLC - Nashville Branch 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE The Springs at Butte 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE Medicalodges Columbus 60 FTE
NAT-SIZE VT-AL-VENTURES 60 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: 2023, 2019, 2016. 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.