Continuing care retirement communities · Iowa
Western Home Services
Cedar Falls, IA · ~752 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 21.9
- Avg TCR
- 3.8
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Western Home Services runs at 576% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Continuing care retirement communities workplace, earning a grade F.
Western Home Services: 21.9 TCR = 576% of Continuing care retirement communities BLS 3.8 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Western Home Services safety composite
Western Home Services scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 3%), 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).
22/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 21.87 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 7.22 per 100 workers
Safer than 24% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Western Home Services: 3.2 → 9.7 TCR
Peak year 2022 @ 77.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0.33× in 2024
Western Home Services's TCR rose 6.5 from 3.2 in 2020 to 9.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 77.0 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.33× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 623311 · Cedar Falls, IA ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 21.9 · 576% of ind
- DART 7.2 DART
- RANK #114/121
- PHOTO Blue Ridge Senior Ho…
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 116 inj
- SIZE ~752 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Blue Ridge Senior Housing, LLC (0.0 TCR gap)
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Western Home Services in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Western Home Services
21.9 TCR
- Blue Ridge Sen
Blue Ridge Senior Housing, LLC
21.9 TCR
- Silverado Esco
Silverado Escondido - 219
21.9 TCR
- The Opal at Ca
The Opal at Cape Coral
21.8 TCR
- Ecumen Centenn
Ecumen Centennial House
21.8 TCR
What this shows Western Home Services averages 21.9 TCR (576% of the Continuing care retirement communities BLS benchmark).
Western Home Services TCR series: 2020=3.2 · 2021=37 · 2022=77 · 2023=37.6 · 2024=9.7 · BLS 3.8
Where Western Home Services falls in its industry
4,127 Continuing care retirement com establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #114 safest of 121 Continuing care retirement com employers in Iowa.
Western Home Services 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 | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 22 | 13 | 0 |
| 2023 | 37.6 | 34.6 | 20 | 116 | 0 |
| 2022 | 77.0 | 65.5 | 24 | 243 | 0 |
| 2021 | 37.0 | 33.5 | 21 | 97 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Blue Ridge Senior Housing, LLC | 21.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Silverado Escondido - 219 | 21.9 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | The Opal at Cape Coral | 21.8 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Ecumen Centennial House | 21.8 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Engine Works | 753 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Rockwell Collins Inc. (Coralville) | 751 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | VGM - Annex C | 751 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Lennox Residential Marshalltown | 755 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | John Deere Waterloo Works Product Engineering Center | 1,508 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0590 - Cedar Falls IA DC | 1,215 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 0590 - Cedar Falls DC | 936 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Western Home Communities | 721 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Michael Nicholas Designs | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Trader Joe's 0096 Oro Valley | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | M and S Enterprise LLC | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CK DIST-Omaha | 21.9 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Redmond | 752 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | ATL/GSS-ODFL | 752 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | City of Raleigh- Police Department | 752 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority | 752 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.