Homes for the elderly with nursing care · North Carolina

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center

Elkin, NC · ~110 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.9
Avg TCR
6.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center runs at 276% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Homes for the elderly with nursing care workplace, earning a grade F.

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center: 17.9 TCR = 276% of Homes for the elderly with nursing care BLS 6.5 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center safety composite

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 7%), 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).

D

42/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.92 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers

DART rate
B 1.27 per 100 workers

Safer than 76% 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

−35.2

2020→2023

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center injury rate improved

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center's TCR fell 35.2 from 36.5 in 2020 to 1.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2020 at 36.5 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.07× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2020=36.5 · 2022=16.0 · 2023=1.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623110 · Elkin, NC ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 17.9 · 276% of ind

  • DART 1.3 DART
  • RANK #492/510
  • PHOTO Christian Care Assis…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 22 inj
  • SIZE ~110 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Christian Care Assisted Living (0.0 TCR gap)

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DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center averages 17.9 TCR (276% of the Homes for the elderly with nursing care BLS benchmark).

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

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center TCR series: 2020=36.5 · 2022=16 · 2023=1.3 · BLS 6.5

Where DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center falls in its industry

15,252 Homes for the elderly with nur establishments

Safer than 7% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #492 safest of 510 Homes for the elderly with nur employers in North Carolina.

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center (110 employees, TCR 17.9) 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 DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center
DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center (110 employees, TCR 17.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 106 employees and a TCR of 6.6

DGS Healthcare Elkin, Inc DBA Hugh Chatham Nursing Center has more employees than the Homes for the elderly with nursing care 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 1.3 1.3 1 0 0
2022 16.0 9.9 11 2 0
2020 36.5 27.7 10 19 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623110 · NC · Elkin

15,252 Homes for the elderly with nursing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 40 employers in Elkin, NC · 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 Christian Care Assisted Living 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR 9288-B02 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Carolina Inn 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Wadley SNF, LLC 17.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE MSF Electric, Inc. North Carolina 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Charlotte 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE 698 110 FTE
STATE-SIZE B-Organized Insulation & Specialty Products #764 110 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC - Elkin 380 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 1337 351 FTE
CITY-NEAR Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC 343 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1337 330 FTE
NAT-TCR Christian Care Assisted Living 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR East Vancouver Ready Mix 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Philadelphia 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Against the Grain Gourmet LLC 17.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rohn Products LLC 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Boston Centerless 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE DMEA 110 FTE
NAT-SIZE Topura America Fastener 110 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, 2022, 2020. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.