Home health care agencies · New York
Gurwin HomeCare Agency
Farmingdale, NY · ~207 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- A
- Excellent Safety Record
- 2.4
- Avg TCR
- 5.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Gurwin HomeCare Agency runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Home health care agencies workplace, earning a grade A.
Gurwin HomeCare Agency: 2.4 TCR = 46% of Home health care agencies BLS 5.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Gurwin HomeCare Agency safety composite
Gurwin HomeCare Agency scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 76% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 36%), 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).
56/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 2.37 per 100 workers
Safer than 76% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 3.36 per 100 workers
Safer than 36% 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%).
Rising injury rate
Gurwin HomeCare Agency: 2.5 → 3.4 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 3.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.42× in 2020
Gurwin HomeCare Agency's TCR rose 0.9 from 2.5 in 2016 to 3.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.42× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 621610 · Farmingdale, NY AT/BELOW-IND · MID
Grade A · TCR 2.4 · 46% of ind
- DART 3.4 DART
- RANK #80/180
- PHOTO VNA Space Coast
- BOOK 5y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~207 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: VNA Space Coast (0.0 TCR gap)
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Gurwin HomeCare Agency in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Gurwin HomeCare Agency
2.4 TCR
- VNA Space Coas
VNA Space Coast
2.4 TCR
- NVNA and Hospi
NVNA and Hospice
2.4 TCR
- 0300 - SEL
0300 - SEL
2.4 TCR
- San Antonio 70
San Antonio 7005
2.4 TCR
What this shows Gurwin HomeCare Agency averages 2.4 TCR (46% of the Home health care agencies BLS benchmark).
Gurwin HomeCare Agency TCR series: 2016=2.5 · 2017=2.2 · 2018=1 · 2019=2.8 · 2020=3.4 · BLS 5.2
Where Gurwin HomeCare Agency falls in its industry
3,635 Home health care agencies establishmentsSafer than 76% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.4.
Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #80 safest of 180 Home health care agencies employers in New York.
Gurwin HomeCare Agency has more employees than the Home health care agencies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
621610 · NY · Farmingdale
3,635 Home health care agencies employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 116 employers in Farmingdale, NY · 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 | VNA Space Coast | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | NVNA and Hospice | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | 0300 - SEL | 2.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | San Antonio 7005 | 2.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | HCB OPERATING HQTRS(HCB2)-NY88 | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | M Social Hotel | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Comfort Systems USA (Syracuse), Inc. - DBA Woodcock & Armani | 207 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | North | 207 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | MELVILLE (NYMEL) | 858 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | NYMEL - MELVILLE | 828 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 022 Farmingdale | 820 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | WM 5295 | 582 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Insulfoam - Mead | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | CA.TUSTI.5 - Ricoh Usa, Inc. | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Coilplus, Inc. Pennsylvania Division | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Canon | 2.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Proverbs Group Home, LLC | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LAX Renaisance | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Highland | 207 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Watts Water Technologies | 207 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.