Retirement communities, continuing care · Indiana

Independent Living

Fort Wayne, IN · ~27 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.4
Avg TCR
3.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Independent Living runs at 406% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Retirement communities, continuing care workplace, earning a grade F.

Independent Living: 15.4 TCR = 406% of Retirement communities, continuing care BLS 3.8 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Independent Living safety composite

Independent Living scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (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).

F

20/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 12% of industry peers

DART rate
F 15.4 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% 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

−15.5

2016→2018

Independent Living injury rate improved

Independent Living's TCR fell 15.5 from 30.9 in 2016 to 15.4 in 2018. Peak filing year was 2016 at 30.9 TCR. In 2018, DART was 1× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=30.9 · 2017=0.0 · 2018=15.4

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623311 · Fort Wayne, IN ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 15.4 · 406% of ind

  • DART 15.4 DART
  • RANK #123/136
  • PHOTO Skyline Place
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~27 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Skyline Place (0.0 TCR gap)

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Independent Living in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Independent Living averages 15.4 TCR (406% of the Retirement communities, continuing care BLS benchmark).

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

Independent Living TCR series: 2016=30.9 · 2017=0 · 2018=15.4 · BLS 3.8

Where Independent Living falls in its industry

4,127 Retirement communities, contin establishments

Safer than 12% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Indiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #123 safest of 136 Retirement communities, contin employers in Indiana.

Independent Living (27 employees, TCR 15.4) 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 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Independent Living
Independent Living (27 employees, TCR 15.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 66 employees and a TCR of 6.9

Independent Living has fewer employees than the Retirement communities, continuing care median and a higher 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
2018 15.4 15.4 3 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 30.9 7.7 4 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623311 · IN · Fort Wayne

4,127 Retirement communities, continuing care employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,750 rated employers in Indiana with headcount on file · 634 employers in Fort Wayne, IN · 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 Skyline Place 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Bickford of Aurora 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR La Vida Real 15.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lake Ridge Care Center 15.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Fischer Seeds 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE Strauss Feed Mill 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Fuel Production of Michigan 27 FTE
STATE-SIZE National Energy of McBain 27 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Memorial Hospital 6,096 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview North Hospital 4,648 FTE
CITY-NEAR Parkview Corporate Office 3,312 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shambaugh & Son LP 3,072 FTE
NAT-TCR Suiza - Columbia 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Sesame Place 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Solvang - Resort 15.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Indio Location 15.4 TCR
NAT-SIZE Laurel, MS OV102 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE MacDonald & Owen Luck 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Cdsd Phoenix (Chandler) 27 FTE
NAT-SIZE Capri Foods Inc. 27 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: 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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