Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) · Colorado

Colonial Columns Nursing Center

Colorado Springs, CO · ~68 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
12.7
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
1
Fatality
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The verdict

Colonial Columns Nursing Center runs at 195% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) workplace, earning a grade D.

Colonial Columns Nursing Center: 12.7 TCR = 195% of Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) BLS 6.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Colonial Columns Nursing Center safety composite

Colonial Columns Nursing Center scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 17% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 1%), 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

8/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 12.66 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

DART rate
F 28.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 3% of industry peers

Fatalities
F 1

Safer than 1% 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

Colonial Columns Nursing Center: 5.3 → 30.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 30.4 TCR · DART/TCR 2.26× in 2020

Colonial Columns Nursing Center's TCR rose 25.0 from 5.3 in 2016 to 30.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 2.26× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Colorado Springs, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 12.7 · 195% of ind

  • DART 28.6 DART
  • RANK #199/259
  • PHOTO Heather Hill Care Co…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~68 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Heather Hill Care Communities (0.0 TCR gap)

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Colonial Columns Nursing Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Colonial Columns Nursing Center averages 12.7 TCR (195% of the Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) BLS benchmark).

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

Colonial Columns Nursing Center TCR series: 2016=5.3 · 2017=8.6 · 2018=12.3 · 2019=6.7 · 2020=30.4 · BLS 6.5

Where Colonial Columns Nursing Center falls in its industry

15,252 Convalescent homes or convales establishments

Safer than 17% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #199 safest of 259 Convalescent homes or convales employers in Colorado.

Colonial Columns Nursing Center (68 employees, TCR 12.7) 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 Colonial Columns Nursing Center
Colonial Columns Nursing Center (68 employees, TCR 12.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

Colonial Columns Nursing Center has fewer employees than the Convalescent homes or convalescent hospi 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
2020 30.4 28.6 5 12 1
2019 6.7 6.7 4 0 0
2018 12.3 7.0 7 0 0
2017 8.6 5.1 5 0 0
2016 5.3 5.3 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · CO · Colorado Springs

15,252 Convalescent homes or convalescent hospitals (except psychiatric) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 832 employers in Colorado Springs, CO · 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 Heather Hill Care Communities 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR DOCTORS NURSING AND REHABILITATION 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Inn 12.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR Country Crest Post Acute 12.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ultra Petroleum Company UPL 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Utah Gas Corp 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Groundworks Colorado Springs 68 FTE
STATE-SIZE Malm Electrical Contractors LLC. 68 FTE
CITY-NEAR University of Colorado Hospital Memorial Central 3,102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon.com Services LLC - DEN4 2,948 FTE
CITY-NEAR Penrose Hospital 2,841 FTE
CITY-NEAR 05070001-050701 PENROSE HOSPITAL 2,391 FTE
NAT-TCR FBG Transport LLC 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 15th 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR Inn 12.7 TCR
NAT-TCR 0560 - Stuarts Draft DC 12.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE Dragon Products Los Fresnos 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Trilogy Home Healthcare-West Palm Beach Corporate 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Southwood Forest Products 68 FTE
NAT-SIZE Foremost Farms - Plover 68 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.