Hospice care services, in home · Virginia

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc.

Roanoke, VA · ~44 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.5
Avg TCR
5.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. runs at 48% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Hospice care services, in home workplace, earning a grade A.

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc.: 2.5 TCR = 48% of Hospice care services, in home BLS 5.2 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. safety composite

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 83% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), 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

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.48 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 83% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% 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%).

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. held a steady TCR band

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc.'s TCR held near 0.0 from 0.0 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2019 at 5.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=0.0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 621610 · Roanoke, VA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.5 · 48% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #16/90
  • PHOTO LifeCare@HOME
  • BOOK 9y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~44 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LifeCare@HOME (0.0 TCR gap)

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Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. averages 2.5 TCR (48% of the Hospice care services, in home BLS benchmark).

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

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. TCR series: 2016=0 · 2017=3.4 · 2018=3.2 · 2019=5.9 · 2020=2.9 · 2021=3.4 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.6 · 2024=0 · BLS 5.2

Where Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. falls in its industry

3,635 Hospice care services, in home establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #16 safest of 90 Hospice care services, in home employers in Virginia.

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4 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 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc.
Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. (44 employees, TCR 2.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 72 employees and a TCR of 4.4

Gentle Shepherd Hospice, Inc. has fewer employees than the Hospice care services, in home median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.4. 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 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2023 3.6 3.6 0 1 0
2022 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2021 3.4 0.0 1 0 0
2020 2.9 2.9 1 0 0
2019 5.9 2.9 2 0 0
2018 3.2 0.0 1 0 0
2017 3.4 3.4 1 0 0
2016 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

621610 · VA · Roanoke

3,635 Hospice care services, in home employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 415 employers in Roanoke, VA · 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 LifeCare@HOME 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Compassus Auburn Bethany 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR West Bridgewater Medical Investors Limited Partnership d/b/d Life Care Center of West Bridgewater 2.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR 0131 - NYC 2.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE DSTC CHESTER 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Harrisonburg Electric Commission 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE TIS VA Culpeper 44 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avis Construction Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Co. 01 7,384 FTE
CITY-NEAR Roanoke City Public Schools 1,849 FTE
CITY-NEAR Other Location 1,808 FTE
CITY-NEAR Carilion Clinic Services Co. 13 1,753 FTE
NAT-TCR ZF Chassis Component-Newton 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Serfilco Northbrook 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #6514 2.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Giant Eagle #5107 2.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Elkin Establishment 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Annapolis #616 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office 44 FTE
NAT-SIZE St Louis Hampton Inn 44 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: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. 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.