Continuing care retirement communities · Kansas

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc.

North Newton, KS · ~549 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
5.6
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. runs at 147% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Continuing care retirement communities workplace, earning a grade D.

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc.: 5.6 TCR = 147% of Continuing care retirement communities BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. safety composite

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 63% 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

58/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 5.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 63% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 56% 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

−3.0

2020→2022

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. injury rate improved

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc.'s TCR fell 3.0 from 7.6 in 2020 to 4.6 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2020 at 7.6 TCR. In 2022, DART was 0.5× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=7.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · North Newton, KS ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 5.6 · 147% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #31/69
  • PHOTO Episcopal Church Hom…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 63 inj
  • SIZE ~549 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Episcopal Church Home and Affiliates Inc (0.0 TCR gap)

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Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. averages 5.6 TCR (147% of the Continuing care retirement communities BLS benchmark).

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

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. TCR series: 2020=7.6 · 2021=4.5 · 2022=4.6 · BLS 3.8

Where Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. falls in its industry

4,127 Continuing care retirement com establishments

Safer than 63% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kansas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #31 safest of 69 Continuing care retirement com employers in Kansas.

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. (549 employees, TCR 5.6) 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 0200400600 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Bluestem Communities Management, Inc.
Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. (549 employees, TCR 5.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Bluestem Communities Management, Inc. has more employees than the Continuing care retirement communities 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
2022 4.6 2.8 19 1 0
2021 4.5 2.3 17 1 0
2020 7.6 2.6 27 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · KS · North Newton

4,127 Continuing care retirement communities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 5,228 rated employers in Kansas with headcount on file · 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 Episcopal Church Home and Affiliates Inc 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Maplewood at Princeton 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peter Becker Community 5.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bridgepointe at Ashgrove Woods 5.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hostess Brands Emporia 549 FTE
STATE-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC - 066 549 FTE
STATE-SIZE GTM Sportswear 553 FTE
STATE-SIZE KCY 553 FTE
CITY-NEAR Wray Roofing, Inc 88 FTE
NAT-TCR HDS-Galesburg 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 6925-IAH 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 3495-10DF195 5.6 TCR
NAT-TCR PnP Merced 5.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Vidant Edgecombe Hospital 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vi at Bentley Village 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE Pacific Foods 549 FTE
NAT-SIZE CP-Carrollton, GA 549 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: 2022, 2021, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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