Continuing care retirement communities · Iowa

Western Home Communities

Name: Western Home Communities Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Cedar Falls, IA · ~721 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.4
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Western Home Communities runs at 248% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Continuing care retirement communities workplace, earning a grade F.

Western Home Communities: 9.4 TCR = 248% of Continuing care retirement communities BLS 3.8 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Western Home Communities safety composite

Western Home Communities scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 33%), 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).

40/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.41 per 100 workers

Safer than 33% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4.36 per 100 workers

Safer than 41% 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

−4.5

2016→2019

Western Home Communities injury rate improved

Western Home Communities's TCR fell 4.5 from 12.0 in 2016 to 7.5 in 2019. Peak filing year was 2016 at 12.0 TCR. In 2019, DART was 0.46× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=12.0 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=7.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 9.4 · 248% of ind

DART 4.4 DART
RANK #70/121
PHOTO ACTS Retirement-Life…
BOOK 4y book
INJ 161 inj
SIZE ~721 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Indian River Estates (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Western Home Communities averages 9.4 TCR (248% of the Continuing care retirement communities BLS benchmark).

Western Home Communities TCR series: 2016=12 · 2017=7.3 · 2018=10.8 · 2019=7.5 · BLS 3.8

Where Western Home Communities falls in its industry

4,127 Continuing care retirement com establishments

Safer than 33% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #70 safest of 121 Continuing care retirement com employers in Iowa.

Western Home Communities (721 employees, TCR 9.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Western Home Communities has more employees than the Continuing care retirement communities median and a higher 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
2019	7.5	4.4	31	0
2018	10.8	7.9	53	2
2017	7.3	5.2	32	3
2016	12.0	9.5	45	3

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · IA · Cedar Falls

4,127 Continuing care retirement communities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 88 employers in Cedar Falls, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	ACTS Retirement-Life Communities-Indian River Estates	INDIAN RIVER, FL	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Addington Place of Fairfield	FAIRFIELD, IA	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Macomb Bickford	MACOMB, IL	9.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Milestone Senior Living Eagle River	EAGLE RIVER, WI	9.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE	City of Iowa City	IOWA CITY	721 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Shearer's Foods Burlington	BURLINGTON	719 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Rockwell Collins - Coralville	CORALVILLE	725 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Ameristar Casino and Hotel Council Bluffs	COUNCIL BLUFFS	725 FTE
CITY-NEAR	John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center	Cedar Falls	1,508 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC	Cedar Falls	1,215 FTE
CITY-NEAR	0590 - Cedar Falls DC	Cedar Falls	936 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Western Home Services	Cedar Falls	752 FTE
NAT-TCR	4769-6131-Pottery Barn	Minnetonka, MN	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : SAT2	San Marcos, TX	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Food City Store #206	Rossville, GA	9.4 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trappers Cove Apartments	Lansing, MI	9.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Curtiss Wright - Cheswick Facility	Cheswick, PA	721 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Ventura Foods Chambersburg	Chambersburg, PA	721 FTE
NAT-SIZE	SRC Syracuse	North Syracuse, NY	721 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Boca West Country Club	Boca Raton, FL	721 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: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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